cobbler: Insecure umask by creating /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/* files after cobbler sync
Published Dec 9, 2010
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
Cobbler before 2.0.4 uses an incorrect umask value, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by leveraging world writable permissions for files and directories.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.3.1-2
- 0.1.1.7
- 0.2.1
- 0.2.2
- 0.2.3
- 0.2.5
- 0.2.7
- 0.2.8
- 0.2.9
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.3.6
- 0.3.7
- 0.3.9
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.5
- 0.4.6
- 0.4.7
- 0.4.8
- 0.5.0
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.6.5
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.3
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.2-1
- 1.0.3-1
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.8
- 1.2.8-1
- 1.2.9
- 1.2.9-1
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.1-1
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.3-1
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.4-1
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0-2
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1-1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2-1
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3-4
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.1-1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.2-1
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.3-1
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.4-1
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.5-1
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.6-1
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.8-1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0-1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1-1
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of cobbler as shipped with Red Hat Satellite version 5.
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: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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 22.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 23.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00117) | 28.05th | 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) |
References (7)
- http://people.fedoraproject.org/~shenson/cobbler/cobbler-2.0.8.tar.gz x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42602 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4512 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554567 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693647 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4512
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4512
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://people.fedoraproject.org/~shenson/cobbler/cobbler-2.0.8.tar.gz | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/42602 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4512 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554567 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693647 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4512 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4512 |
Change history (0)
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