CVE-2010-2022 — jail.c in jail in FreeBSD 8.0 and 8.1-PRERELEASE, when the "-l -U root" options are omitted, does not properly restrict access to the current working directory, which might allow local users to read, modify, or create arbitrary files via standard filesystem operations

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jail.c in jail in FreeBSD 8.0 and 8.1-PRERELEASE, when the "-l -U root" options are omitted, does not properly restrict access to the current working directory, which might allow local users to read, modify, or create arbitrary files via standard filesystem operations

Published May 28, 2010

3.3

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.32%

Description

jail.c in jail in FreeBSD 8.0 and 8.1-PRERELEASE, when the "-l -U root" options are omitted, does not properly restrict access to the current working directory, which might allow local users to read, modify, or create arbitrary files via standard filesystem operations.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.32% 0.00324

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00324

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.32% (0.00324)	23.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.32% (0.00324)	23.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.14% (0.00142)	31.75th	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)
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)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:04.jail.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024038
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40399
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1247
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:04.jail.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024038		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40399		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1247		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 28, 2010

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved May 24, 2010

Link CVE-2010-2022

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2010-2022

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2010-2022