CVE-2010-0005
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
query.py in the query interface in ViewVC before 1.1.3 does not reject configurations that specify an unsupported authorizer for a root, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a query.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0037)
- Published
- January 29, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0037 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?r1=2242&r2=2313&pathrev=HEAD(Patch)
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2300
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/5
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01421.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01464.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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