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CVE-2010-2238

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 22nd percentile. A vendor fix is available.

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

What it is

From the CVE record

Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, recurses into disk-image backing stores without extracting the defined disk backing-store format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS22nd
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 22nd percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 5789 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

And 1 more affected product. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Scored 4.4 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector LocalRequires local access
  • Access Complexity MediumSome conditions must be met
  • Authentication SingleRequires single authentication

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

Sources

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