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CVE-2010-0791· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The (1) ncpmount, (2) ncpumount, and (3) ncplogin programs in ncpfs 2.2.6 do not properly create lock files, which allows local users to cau

The (1) ncpmount, (2) ncpumount, and (3) ncplogin programs in ncpfs 2.2.6 do not properly create lock files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (application failure) via unspecified vectors that trigger the creation of a /etc/mtab~ file that persists after the program exits.

LowCVSS 2.1 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 10, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 27th percentile
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Action score

8

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ncpfsncpfs

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ncpfs ncpfs2.2.6

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-0014Buffer overflow in ncplogin in ncpfs before 2.2.6 allows remote malicious NetWare servers to execute arbitrary code on the NetWare client.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-0013nwclient.c in ncpfs before 2.2.6 does not drop root privileges before executing utilities using the NetWare client functions, which allows l
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1079Buffer overflow in (1) ncplogin and (2) ncpmap in nwclient.c for ncpfs 2.2.4, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain pri
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2011-1680ncpmount in ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab~ lock file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which has unspecif
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2010-0788ncpfs 2.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or possibly gain privileges via symlink attacks i
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2011-1679ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier attempts to use (1) ncpmount to append to the /etc/mtab file and (2) ncpumount to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file w
    13Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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