CVE-2010-2053

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

emesenelib/ProfileManager.py in emesene before 1.6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the emsnpic temporary file.

Affected products

Emesene: through 1.6.1; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6

References

http://forum.emesene.org/index.php?topic=3441.0
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042683.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042699.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042725.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127514641525366&w=2
http://osvdb.org/65018
http://secunia.com/advisories/39945
http://secunia.com/advisories/40115
http://www.emesene.org/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40455
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1423
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59045

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