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CVE-2010-0015

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0015 describes a vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2. Specifically, a flaw in nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c allows the getpwnam function to expose encrypted NIS account passwords by incorporating data from the passwd.adjunct.byname map into passwd map entries. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: glibc
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: glibc
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: glibc

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0015Low

glibc NIS password hash disclosure

Dec 10, 2009

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
marc.info
marc.info
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
svn.debian.org / viewsvn/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/any/submitted-nis-shadow.diff
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/08/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/6