vdr — security advisory
vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (VDR) 1.6.0 places 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: a third party disputes this issue because the script erroneously uses a semicolon in a context where a colon was intended
- Products
- vdr
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.0-19.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-3387
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (VDR) 1.6.0 places 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: a third party disputes this issue because the script erroneously uses a semicolon in a context where a colon was intended
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3387
vdr
Fixed versions: 1.6.0-19.1
vdr
Fixed versions: 1.6.0-19.1
vdr
Fixed versions: 1.6.0-19.1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:28.683231062Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417139,
"published_at": "2010-10-20T18:00:04.673+00:00"
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