CVE-2010-2943

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS

8.1

EPSS

17.0%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

The xfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not look up inode allocation btrees before reading inode buffers, which allows remote authenticated users to read unlinked files, or read or overwrite disk blocks that are currently assigned to an active file but were previously assigned to an unlinked file, by accessing a stale NFS filehandle.

Affected vendor

Linux

Affected product

Linux Kernel

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2010-09-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 17.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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