What is CVE-2010-4347?

CVE-2010-4347 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10. CVE-2010-4347 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4347?

CVE-2010-4347 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4347?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4347 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-4347 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4347 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-4347

Medium

The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a custom ACPI method in the ACPI interpreter tables, related to the acpi_debugfs_init function in drivers/acpi/debugfs.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-12-22

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-269

CVE-2010-4347 is classified as CWE-269

See CWE-269 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

13 total

Exploit-DB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15774/

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45408

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/15/3

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/15/7

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663542

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4347

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-12-22

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4347?

CVE-2010-4347 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10 . CVE-2010-4347 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4347?

CVE-2010-4347 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4347?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4347 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-4347 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-4347 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.