CVE-2010-3850

lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

0.80% (56th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

The ec_dev_ioctl function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and configure econet addresses via an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl call.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

2.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01.8lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-15704Linux Kernel 2.6.37 (RedHat / Ubuntu 10.04) - 'Full-Nelson.c' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-17787Linux Kernel < 2.6.36.2 (Ubuntu 10.04) - 'Half-Nelson.c' Econet Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 10.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 10.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 6.06nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 8.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 9.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel< 2.6.36.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise real time extension= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise server= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise server= 9nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise software development kit= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-12-30modified 2026-06-16

references (34)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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