CVE-2010-2809

Exp

The default configuration of the <Button2> binding in Uzbl before 2010.08.05 does not properly use the @SELECTED_URI feature, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted HREF attribute of an A element in an HTML document.

Published: 2010-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2809 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.37%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2809

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
34426 exploit_db edb 2010-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2809

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 5.77% 7.37% +1.60%
2 2025-04-28 5.57% 5.77% +0.20%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.57% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2809

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2809

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2809

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2010-2809: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-08), 27 atom(s) (app-antivirus/bitdefender-console, app-arch/gzip, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2809
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2809 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (uzbl), 14 status rows across 14 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): ignored 7, DNE 5, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2809

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2809

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
uzbl uzbl <= 2010.04.03 cpe:2.3:a:uzbl:uzbl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
uzbl uzbl 2009.12.22 cpe:2.3:a:uzbl:uzbl:2009.12.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
uzbl uzbl 2010.01.04 cpe:2.3:a:uzbl:uzbl:2010.01.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2809

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