CVE-2010-1183
Certain patch-installation scripts in Oracle Solaris allow local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.49%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 58% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Certain patch-installation scripts in Oracle Solaris allow local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/CLEANUP temporary file, related to use of Update Manager.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Solaris Recommended Patch Cluster 6/19 (x86) - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26709local, linux_x86published 9 Jul 2013Not verified
- Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 - Symlink Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20418local, solarispublished 11 Aug 2012Not verified
- Sun Connection Update Manager for Solaris - Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33799local, solarispublished 24 Mar 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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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:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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
4
- 20100324 Symlink attack with Solaris Update manager and Sun Patch Cluster (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 38928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- solaris-update-manager-multiple-symlink(57149) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20100324 Symlink attack with Solaris Update manager (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2010-1213 (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-2010-1183)Record last updated .