7.5

CVE-2010-0015: gnu glibc Credentials Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-0015DSA-1973-1
Published 14-01-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0015 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 3.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-01-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2 adds information from the passwd.adjunct.byname map to entries in the passwd map, which allows remote attackers to obtain the encrypted passwords of NIS accounts by calling the getpwnam function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.13% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • glibc< 2.10.2-4 | < 2.3.6.ds1-13etch10 | < 2.7-18lenny2
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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