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CVE-2010-4512

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4512 describes a vulnerability in Cobbler before version 2.0.4, where an incorrect umask value leads to world-writable permissions for files and directories. This local vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.2, indicating potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited by an authenticated local attacker. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.3.1-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4512Low

cobbler: Insecure umask by creating /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/* files after cobbler sync

Jan 11, 2010

References

people.fedoraproject.org / ~shenson/cobbler/cobbler-2.0.8.tar.gz
Patch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/42602