kernel: Driver-Core: devtmpfs - set root directory mode to 0755
Published Feb 22, 2010
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
openSUSE 11.2 installs the devtmpfs root directory with insecure permissions (1777), which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. The Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG did not include support for Devtmpfs, and therefore are not affected by this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00375) | 29.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00375) | 29.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00041) | 9.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 29.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0299 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558677 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0299
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0299
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0299 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558677 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0299 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0299 |
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