GNU libextractor before 1.16 loads plugins from an untrusted search path specified by the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX environment variable without proper privilege checks. A local attacker can exploit this by setting LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX to a directory containing a malicious plugin that executes arbitrary code with elevated privileges when loaded by a setuid or setgid program.
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| Description | GNU libextractor before 1.16 loads plugins from an untrusted search path specified by the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX environment variable without proper privilege checks. A local attacker can exploit this by setting LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX to a directory containing a malicious plugin that executes arbitrary code with elevated privileges when loaded by a setuid or setgid program. | |
| Title | GNU libextractor before 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-426 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-09-25T19:38:28.517Z
Updated: 2026-09-30T00:05:50.934Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T19:01:58.216Z
Link: CVE-2026-100310
Updated: 2026-09-26T00:18:30.975Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-25T20:17:05.833
Modified: 2026-09-30T17:31:44.573
Link: CVE-2026-100310