CVE-2010-4001: Gromacs

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GMXRC.bash in Gromacs 4.5.1 and earlier 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. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the GMXLDLIB value is always added to the beginning of LD_LIBRARY_PATH at a later point in the script

Affected products

• Gromacs Gromacs: up to and including 4.5.1

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