# CVE-2010-0271: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Physically proximate attackers can bypass hardware change auditing in OpenSolaris HAL due to missing privileges, avoiding detection of device modifications.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jan 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r59v-2j67-g78p

## What is CVE-2010-0271?

CVE-2010-0271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 8 Jan 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

hald in Sun OpenSolaris snv_51 through snv_130 does not have the proc_audit privilege during unspecified attempts to write to the auditing log, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to avoid detection of changes to the set of connected hardware devices supporting the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) specification.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0271?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Opensolaris.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0271?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-0271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris

- [CVE-2009-2296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2296/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-5010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5010/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0964/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-0965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0965/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-7300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7300/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0271 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 8 Jan 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Opensolaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0271/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0271/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0271
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0271
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0271

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.