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CVE-2010-4236 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in estaskwrapper in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges vi…

published 2010-11-12 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-4210

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in estaskwrapper in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges via an ES_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable and a modified PATH environment variable, which is used during execution of the estasklight program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3895.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-15475)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15475 IBM OmniFind - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2010-11-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44740 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • security.fatihkilic.de http://security.fatihkilic.de/advisory/fkilic-sa-2010-ibm-omnifind.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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