What is CVE-2010-0398?

CVE-2010-0398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Autokey Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2010-0398?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Autokey Project

CVE-2010-0398

The init script in autokey before 0.61.3-2 allows local attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published 2019-10-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Autokey Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0398 (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autokey/+bug/538471 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0398?: CVE-2010-0398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Autokey Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2010-0398?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.