CVE-2010-4303 — Cisco Unified Videoconferencing (UVC) System 5110 and 5115, when the Linux operating system is used, uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/shadow file, which allows local users to discover encrypted passwords by reading this file, aka Bug ID CSCti54043

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Cisco Unified Videoconferencing (UVC) System 5110 and 5115, when the Linux operating system is used, uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/shadow file, which allows local users to discover encrypted passwords by reading this file, aka Bug ID CSCti54043

Published Nov 22, 2010

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.35%

Description

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing (UVC) System 5110 and 5115, when the Linux operating system is used, uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/shadow file, which allows local users to discover encrypted passwords by reading this file, aka Bug ID CSCti54043.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.35% 0.00346

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00346

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 2, 2026	0.35% (0.00346)	25.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00352)	26.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00047)	11.70th	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% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (3)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Nov/167
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080b56d0d.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2010-001.txt
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Nov/167		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080b56d0d.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2010-001.txt		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 22, 2010

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Nov 22, 2010

Link CVE-2010-4303

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2010-4303

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2010-4303