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CVE-2010-0746

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.2)—

Directory traversal vulnerability in DeviceKit-disks in DeviceKit, as used in Fedora 11 and 12 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via .. (dot dot) sequences in the label for a pluggable storage device.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Fedoraproject — Fedora

CWEs

References

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