CVE-2010-4226

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

cpio, tal como se utiliza en build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28 y probablemente otras versiones, permite a atacantes remotos sobreescribir archivos arbitrarios a través de un symlink dentro de un archivo del paquete RPM.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-11-10 CVE Reserved
2014-02-06 CVE Published
2025-06-09 CVE Updated
2025-06-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html	2014-02-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00008.html	2014-02-07
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4226.html	2014-02-07
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665768	2014-02-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Cpio Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Cpio"				*		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				2007.05.10 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "2007.05.10"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				2010.07.28 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "2010.07.28"		-		Affected