CVE-2010-5146

The Remote Filtering component in Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 7.1 Hotfix 66 allows local users to bypass filtering by (1) renaming the WDC.exe file or (2) deleting driver files.

Published: 2012-08-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-5146 is rated Low Risk (19.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). 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-2010-5146

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 0.06% 0.39% +0.33%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-5146

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-5146

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-5146

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
websense websense_web_security <= 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 6.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_security 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_security:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_filter <= 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_filter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_filter 6.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_filter:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_filter 6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_filter:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_filter 6.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_filter:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_filter 6.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_filter:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_web_filter 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_web_filter:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-5146

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