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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-4005

CVE-2010-4005

Description

The (1) tomboy and (2) tomboy-panel scripts in GNOME Tomboy 1.5.2 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: vector 1 exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2005-4790.2.

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Affected products

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  • GNOME Foundation/Tomboy6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.2
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.5.2

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