LOW
gv: Insecure (predictable) temporary file use
Published Jul 22, 2010
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
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.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.33% 0.00332
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00332
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 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 24.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 24.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 9.80th | 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 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/66249 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2056 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2056
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2056
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/66249 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2056 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2056 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2056 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 22, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 25, 2010
Link CVE-2010-2056
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a