CVE-2010-4347
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a custom ACPI method in the ACPI interpreter tables, related to the acpi_debugfs_init function in drivers/acpi/debugfs.c.
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-269
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4316)
- Published
- December 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4316 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise real time extension
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ed3aada1bf34c5a9e98af167f125f8a740fc726a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/15/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/15/7(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15774/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45408(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663542(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64155(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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