CVE-2010-2537 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Btrfs filesystem, specifically affecting versions before 2.6.35. It allows a local user to overwrite append-only files by exploiting the BTRFS_IOC_CLONE or BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE ioctl calls. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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