Is CVE-2010-0729 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0729 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0729?

CVE-2010-0729 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-0729

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.3% (26th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-0755)
Published: March 16, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0755 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

redhat / enterprise linux

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 4 Update 4 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0035-2006 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update 2 AS & Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update 2 WS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0020-2006 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version 4 Update 1 AS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version 4 Update 1 WS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0009-2006 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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