Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2023-05-12. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA due date: 2023-06-02. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362983
- http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.c
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44677/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024613
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0792.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-3904
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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