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CVE-2010-0118
Bournal before 1.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified temporary files associated with a…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Bournal before 1.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified temporary files associated with a --hack_the_gibson update check.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20100222 Secunia Research: Bournal Insecure Temporary Files Security Issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-3221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-3168 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 38554 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-6/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38814 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-3301 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 38353 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0150 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-0118)Record last updated .