CVE-2010-0788

Exp

ncpfs 2.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or possibly gain privileges via symlink attacks involving the (1) ncpmount and (2) ncpumount programs.

Published: 2010-03-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0788 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0788

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
779 exploit_db edb 2005-01-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0788

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 2025-03-30 0.33% 0.21% -0.12%
2 2025-03-29 0.21% 0.33% +0.12%
3 2025-03-17 0.21%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0788

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0788

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0788

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0788
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-0788 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ncpfs), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 4, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0788

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0788

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ncpfs ncpfs 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:ncpfs:ncpfs:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0788

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