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.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Autokey_project Autokey
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.