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CVE-2011-4060

Published: Oct 18, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59
3.3LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

The runtime linker in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 before Service Pack 1 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environment variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

neutrino rtosqnx
Embedded
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
n/an/a
qnxcommercialOperating Systemsaka qnx software systems

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8475
securityreason.com
http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110310.txt.asc
nth-dimension.org.uk
http://www.osvdb.org/71784
osvdb.org
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Timeline

Published
Oct 18, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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