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CVE-2010-2953
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.60%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 51% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 41 days later
· 41 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% 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: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/blog.php?id=87 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2341 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 41383 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42758 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100829 Hardening the linker (was Re: CVE request: CouchDB insecure library loading (Debian/Ubuntu only)) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100826 Re: CVE request: CouchDB insecure library loading (Debian/Ubuntu only) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594412 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100826 Re: CVE request: CouchDB insecure library loading (Debian/Ubuntu only) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100825 CVE request: CouchDB insecure library loading (Debian/Ubuntu only) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2010-2957 (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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