Cisco Unified Videoconferencing (UVC) System 5110 and 5115, when the Linux operating system is used, uses world-readable permissions for th…

published 2010-11-22 15y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4276

cvss: 4.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing (UVC) System 5110 and 5115, when the Linux operating system is used, uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/shadow file, which allows local users to discover encrypted passwords by reading this file, aka Bug ID CSCti54043.

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

cisco.com /en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080b56d0d.html
vendor-advisory
trustmatta.com /advisories/MATTA-2010-001.txt
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2010/Nov/167
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-4303
NVD CVE-2010-4303

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