CVE-2010-5242
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 Sound Forge Pro 10.0b Build 474 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse MtxParhVegasPreview.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .sfw 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 confidenceSound Forge Pro 10.0b suffers from an untrusted search path (DLL hijacking) vulnerability. The application loads the DLL file MtxParhVegasPreview.dll from the current working directory without validating its origin or signature. An attacker can place a malicious DLL with this name alongside a .sfw file in a directory; when a user opens the .sfw file from that directory, the application executes the attacker's DLL with the application's elevated privileges, achieving local privilege escalation.
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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= 10.0CVSS 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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Check if Sound Forge 10.0 is installedOpen Windows Control Panel, go to Programs and Features, look for 'Sony Sound Forge 10.0' in the installed programs list. Alternatively, check the installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\Sony\Sound Forge 10.0\) and locate the main executable (通常为forge10.exe或Sound Forge.exe)Affected if The application version shown is exactly 10.0 (the specific build 10.0b is also affected)
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Verify presence of vulnerable DLL in application directoryNavigate to the Sound Forge installation directory and check if MtxParhVegasPreview.dll exists in that folderAffected if The file MtxParhVegasPreview.dll is present in the application directory, meaning it is a known dependency that could be hijacked
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Identify DLL search behaviorOpen the application while monitoring DLL loading using tools like Process Monitor (procmon.exe) from Sysinternals. Set a filter to capture DLL load events for the Sound Forge process. Open any .sfw file from a test directory containing a copy of MtxParhVegasPreview.dllAffected if The application loads MtxParhVegasPreview.dll from the current working directory rather than exclusively from its installation folder
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Test for DLL hijackabilityCreate a test directory, place a sample .sfw file and a copy of MtxParhVegasPreview.dll in it, then attempt to open the .sfw file with Sound Forge while observing process behaviorAffected if The application successfully loads and executes the DLL from the test directory, confirming the DLL hijacking vulnerability is present
You are affected if Sound Forge version 10.0 is installed and the application loads MtxParhVegasPreview.dll from the current working directory when opening .sfw files from untrusted locations.
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 dataApply vendor patch if available; otherwise, implement secure DLL loading by specifying full absolute paths for all DLL dependencies and validating DLL signatures before loading. Users should avoid opening .sfw files from untrusted or shared directories.
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