CVE-2010-3394 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting TeXmacs versions 1.0.7.4 and earlier. The texmacs and tm_mupad_help scripts incorrectly add a zero-length directory to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires medium attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:texmacs:texmacs:1.0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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