CVE-2010-4170
EPSS 24.1%systemtap - several
Published: 12/7/2010Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/systemtapfrom 0, < 1.2-3
- Debian/systemtapfrom 0, < 1.2-5+squeeze1