CVE-2010-0826 describes a vulnerability in the Free Software Foundation's Berkeley DB NSS module (libnss-db) version 2.2.3pre1, where it insecurely reads the DB_CONFIG file from the current working directory. This flaw allows local attackers to gain sensitive information through a symlink attack when a setgid or setuid application utilizes the module. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:piotr_roszatycki:libnss-db:2.2.3:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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