CVE-2010-3376: Root

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) proofserv, (2) xrdcp, (3) xrdpwdadmin, and (4) xrd scripts in ROOT 5.18/00 place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Affected products

• Root Root: version 5.18/00 only

Published 2010-10-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.