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CVE-2010-4754

The glob implementation in libc in FreeBSD 7.3 and 8.1, NetBSD 5.0.2, and OpenBSD 4.7, and Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames, as demonstrated by glob expressions in STAT commands to an FTP daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-4754 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from apple, from freebsd, from netbsd and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, 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

2011-03-02T20:00:00.927

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.6.7	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	7.3	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	8.1	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	5.0.2	Yes
Operating System	openbsd	openbsd	4.7	Yes

References

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.3#rev1.30.12.1 Patch ([email protected])
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.18.10.1 Patch ([email protected])
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c Exploit ([email protected])
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2010-008.txt.asc Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89 Exploit ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223 Exploit ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8116 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 ([email protected])
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.3#rev1.30.12.1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.18.10.1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2010-008.txt.asc Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8116 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 (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 apple'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.