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CVE-2010-0398

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The init script in autokey before 0.61.3-2 allows local attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Autokey Project Autokey: before 0.61.3 — fixed in 0.61.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Autokey Project Autokey 0.61.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autokey/+bug/538471
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0398
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autokey/+bug/538471
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0398

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