CVE-2010-2056 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU gv versions prior to 3.7.0. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system through a symbolic link (symlink) attack on temporary files. The vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 3.3) due to its local attack vector and medium attack complexity, with potential impacts limited to partial integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gv:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gv:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gv:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gv:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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