CVE-2010-3074

SSL_Cipher.cpp in EncFS before 1.7.0 uses an improper combination of an AES cipher and a CBC cipher mode for encrypted filesystems, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a watermark attack.

Published: 2010-09-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-3074 is rated Low Risk (15.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3074

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.55% 0.04% -1.50%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3074

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3074

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3074

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-3074 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (encfs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3074
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-3074 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (encfs), 22 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 18, not-affected 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3074

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3074

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
arg0 encfs <= 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:arg0:encfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arg0 encfs 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:arg0:encfs:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arg0 encfs 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:arg0:encfs:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arg0 encfs 1.4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:arg0:encfs:1.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arg0 encfs 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:arg0:encfs:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arg0 encfs 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:arg0:encfs:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3074

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-08/0316.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335938
http://code.google.com/p/encfs/source/detail?r=59
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047794.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047798.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047825.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41158 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41478 Vendor Advisory
http://www.arg0.net/encfs
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/05/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/06/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/8
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2414 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630460
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