VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-1439

CVSS score3.6 NONE
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-06-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Primary references