CVE-2010-0218

Bind vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

ISC BIND 9.7.2 through 9.7.2-P1 uses an incorrect ACL to restrict the ability of Recursion Desired (RD) queries to access the cache, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a DNS query.

Affected vendor

Isc

Affected product

Bind

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Published

2010-10-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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