CVE-2010-5250 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory, exploiting an untrusted search path in the Pthreads-win32 library.
- 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-2010-5250?
CVE-2010-5250 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, 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
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll in Pthreads-win32 2.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse quserex.dll file in the current working directory. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pthread-Win32 Project Pthreads-Win32.
How do I fix CVE-2010-5250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-5250 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-2010-5250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jwrv-23j5-7gc8.