CVE-2010-3998

Exp

The (1) banshee-1 and (2) muinshee scripts in Banshee 1.8.0 and earlier 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. NOTE: Banshee might also be affected using GST_PLUGIN_PATH.

Published: 2010-11-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-3998 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-3998

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3998

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 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% +0.00%
2 2025-03-29 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3998

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-2010-3998

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3998

vendor priority summary link
gentoo low CVE-2010-3998: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-05), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/banshee); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3998
ubuntu low CVE-2010-3998 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (banshee), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): ignored 10, DNE 1, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
banshee-project banshee <= 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 0.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:0.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
banshee-project banshee 1.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:banshee-project:banshee:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3998

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