CVE-2010-4226

high

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665768

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4226.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-02-06

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00452