CVE-2010-3689

soffice in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.x before 3.3 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.

Published: 2011-01-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-3689 is rated Moderate Risk (44.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.65%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3689

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.65% +0.59%
2 2025-06-13 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3689

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3689

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3689

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2010-3689: 1 GLSA(s) (201408-19), 4 atom(s) (app-office/libreoffice, app-office/libreoffice-bin, app-office/openoffice, app-office/openoffice-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3689
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3689
ubuntu low CVE-2010-3689 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libreoffice, openoffice.org), 12 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): released 6, DNE 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3689

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3689

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache openoffice >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 8.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 9.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3689

URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/70716 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42999 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43065 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43105 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1056-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2151 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:027 Broken Link
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3689.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0182.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46031 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025004 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0232 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0279 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641224 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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