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CVE

CVE-2001-0169

When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.

CVSS v3.1
EPSS
0.86%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Mar 26, 2001
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 16, 2026