CVE-2010-5230 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing malicious DLLs in the current working directory, tricking MicroStation into loading them.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-5230?
CVE-2010-5230 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Bentley Microstation, published on 7 Sep 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in MicroStation 7.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) mptools.dll, (2) baseman.dll, (3) wintab32.dll, or (4) wintab.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .hln or .rdl file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5230?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bentley Microstation.
How do I fix CVE-2010-5230?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-5230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2010-5230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Bentley Microstation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7chh-4jrv-mcjf.