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CVE-2010-2056

• 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: 2010-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• GNU Gv: through 3.6.9; 3.5.8, 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4 (+4)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
• http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
• http://www.osvdb.org/66249
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
• http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40475

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