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CVE-2010-0826
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working…
Low1.9EPSS 0.37%
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Description
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that uses this module.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- ADV-2010-0903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 39165 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-922-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0841 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-6203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0776 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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