CVE-2010-4226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00568.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Cpio
Opensuse	Opensuse

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:2007.05.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:2010.07.28:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-4200	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00008.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4226.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665768

History

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-02-06T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-09T15:10:07.628Z

Reserved: 2010-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4226

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.781Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-02-06T17:00:03.167

Modified: 2025-06-09T15:15:22.147

Link: CVE-2010-4226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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