# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7chh-4jrv-mcjf

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- 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. (github_poc): https://github.com/otofoto/CVE-2010-5230

## Other vulnerabilities in Bentley Microstation

- [CVE-2023-44430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44430/): Bentley View SKP File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-28300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28300/): Memory corruption in MicroStation (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-28301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28301/): Memory corruption in MicroStation CONNECT (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-28302](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28302/): Memory corruption in MicroStation CONNECT (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-28303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28303/): Use after free in View (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-5230 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bentley Microstation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5230/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5230/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5230
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5230
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-5230

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