CVE-2010-4236

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in estaskwrapper in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges via an ES_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable and a modified PATH environment variable, which is used during execution of the estasklight program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3895.

Published: 2010-11-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4236 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4236

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
15475 exploit_db edb 2010-11-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4236

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 2026-01-29 0.43% 0.91% +0.48%
2 2025-03-30 0.34% 0.43% +0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4236

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4236

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-4236

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4236

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm omnifind <= 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:omnifind:*:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm omnifind 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:omnifind:6.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm omnifind 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:omnifind:8.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm omnifind 8.4 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:omnifind:8.4:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm omnifind 8.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:omnifind:8.5:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4236

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