DeviceKit: Privilege escalation via pluggable storage device labels
Published Jan 13, 2014
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.57%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in DeviceKit-disks in DeviceKit, as used in Fedora 11 and 12 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via .. (dot dot) sequences in the label for a pluggable storage device.
Affected products
No data.
- 11
- 12
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.57% (0.00571) | 45.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.57% (0.00571) | 42.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00025) | 4.12th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2010/q2/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/devshit.pl x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/cve-2010-0746-devicekit-local-privilege-escalation/ x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0746 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23235 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523178 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0746
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0746
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2010/q2/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/devshit.pl | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/cve-2010-0746-devicekit-local-privilege-escalation/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0746 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23235 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523178 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0746 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0746 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.