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CVE-2010-1439

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-1439 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from redhat, from redhat, from fedoraproject and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-06-07T17:12:48.077

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	rhn-client-tools	*	No
Application	redhat	yum-rhn-plugin	*	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	*	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	5	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	5	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	5.0	No

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39996 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024049 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/65063 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0449.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40492 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1311 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585386 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59114 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9232 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39996 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024049 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/65063 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0449.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40492 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1311 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585386 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59114 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9232 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For redhat's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.