CVE-2010-1183

Exp

Certain patch-installation scripts in Oracle Solaris allow local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/CLEANUP temporary file, related to use of Update Manager.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1183 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Core evidence: 3 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-2010-1183

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26709 exploit_db edb 2013-07-09 Exploit-DB ↗
20418 exploit_db edb 2012-08-11 Exploit-DB ↗
33799 exploit_db edb 2010-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1183

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 0.16% 0.49% +0.33%
2 2026-01-16 0.07% 0.16% +0.10%
3 2025-03-17 0.07%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1183

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No availability impact.
3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1183

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1183

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1183

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