CVE-2026-100310High· 7.0▾ TwilightGNU 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 dir…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 38.5 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
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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Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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