CVE-2010-4000: Gnome Gnome-Shell

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places 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

• Gnome Gnome-Shell: version 2.31.5 only

Published 2010-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.