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CVE-2010-0005

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0005 describes a vulnerability in ViewVC versions prior to 1.1.3, specifically within the query.py script of its query interface. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by exploiting configurations that specify an unsupported authorizer for a root. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01421.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01464.html
viewvc.tigris.org / source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES
Patch
viewvc.tigris.org / source/browse/viewvc
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/5