01 Record
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 --hack_the_gibson update check.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: flexera
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-02-25 00:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8c469230c95de67a5cdb6d4fee8df6f72c7ae3d8ccea318e9614e11978b146e4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20100222 Secunia Research: Bournal Insecure Temporary Files Security Issuehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509685/100/0/threaded
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-3221http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036701.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-3168http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036764.html
- secunia.com38554http://secunia.com/advisories/38554
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-6/
- secunia.com38814http://secunia.com/advisories/38814
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-3301http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036697.html
- www.securityfocus.com38353http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38353