CVE-2010-5229
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUntrusted search path vulnerability in 010 Editor before 3.1.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .hex file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceUntrusted search path vulnerability in 010 Editor before 3.1.3 allows the application to load wintab32.dll from the current working directory instead of a secure system path, enabling local privilege escalation via a Trojan horse DLL placed in directories containing .hex files that victims open with the vulnerable application.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 3.1.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed 010 Editor versionOpen 010 Editor, then go to Help > About, or check the executable file properties (right-click 010Editor.exe > Properties > Details) to view the product versionAffected if Version is 3.1.2 or lower (any version <= 3.1.2)
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Check if wintab32.dll is loaded by the applicationOpen 010 Editor and monitor DLL loading using Process Explorer (View > Lower Pane View > DLLs) or run 'dumpbin /dependents 010Editor.exe' to see imported DLLs. The application attempts to load wintab32.dll for tablet/wacom supportAffected if The application loads wintab32.dll and runs from or opens files in directories where a malicious DLL could be placed
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Determine if working directory DLL loading is possibleAttempt to run 010 Editor from a test directory containing a dummy wintab32.dll file and observe if the application attempts to load it. On vulnerable versions, the DLL search order includes the current working directory before system pathsAffected if The application loads DLLs from the current working directory instead of requiring them only from secure system paths
You are affected if 010 Editor version is 3.1.2 or lower AND the application loads wintab32.dll AND you open .hex files from directories where an attacker could place a malicious DLL.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to 010 Editor version 3.1.3 or later to resolve the insecure DLL loading behavior. Avoid opening files from untrusted directories until the update is applied.
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