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CVE-2010-0007

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CVE-2010-0007 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter framework, specifically within the ebtables module. It allows local users to bypass access restrictions and configure arbitrary network-traffic filtering without requiring the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity, and resulting in only partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-149.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-89.0.23.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-164.15.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0007Low

kernel: netfilter: ebtables: enforce CAP_NET_ADMIN

Jan 8, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/38133
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38296
secunia.com / advisories/38333
secunia.com / advisories/38492
secunia.com / advisories/38779
secunia.com / advisories/39033
secunia.com / advisories/43315
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/55602
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9630
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1996
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2005
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc4
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/3
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/37762
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0109
PatchVendor Advisory