Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Secure Backup component in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is a buffer overflow in observiced.exe that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a "reverse lookup of connections" to TCP port 10000.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0072 is rated High Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.07%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 10.26% | 6.07% | -4.19% |
| 2 | 2025-06-06 | 12.75% | 10.26% | -2.50% |
| 3 | 2025-04-08 | — | 12.75% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracle | secure_backup | 10.2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:secure_backup:10.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.html | US Government Resource |