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FKIE_CVE-2010-5209

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-06 10:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:26

Severity

Summary

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Nuance PDF Reader 6.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) dwmapi.dll or (2) exceptiondumpdll.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .pdf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bnuance_pdf_reader%5D_6.0_insecure_dll_hijacking
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/41410	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bnuance_pdf_reader%5D_6.0_insecure_dll_hijacking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/41410	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	nuance	pdf_reader	6.0

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CVE-2010-5209 (GCVE-0-2010-5209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-06 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:23

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hij…	x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/41410	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

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