Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and…

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by Flash Player.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (15)

• ADV-2011-0192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20101105 ASPR #2010-11-05-01: Remote Binary Planting in Adobe Flash Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bflash_player%5D_10.1.x_insecure_dll_hijacking_%28dwmapi.dll%29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 43026 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-201101-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-11-05-1-PUB.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SSRT100428 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-26.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20100910 Adobe Flash Player IE version 10.1.x Insecure DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 44671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:26 UTC.