CVE-2010-2059
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
lib/fsm.c in RPM 4.8.0 and unspecified 4.7.x and 4.6.x versions, and RPM before 4.4.3, does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during replacement of the file in an RPM package upgrade, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2) setgid file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2078)
- Published
- June 8, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2078 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
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References
- http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gz(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127559059928131&w=2
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ca2d6b2b484f1501eafdde02e1688409340d2383
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40028(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/04/1
- http://www.osvdb.org/65143
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0679.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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