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CVE-2010-5160
Race condition in ESET Smart Security 4.2.35.3 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous…
Medium4.5EPSS 0.37%
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Description
Race condition in ESET Smart Security 4.2.35.3 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- 20100505 KHOBE - 8.0 earthquake for Windows desktop security software (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/you-just-cant-trust-a-drunk/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://matousec.com/info/articles/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100505 KHOBE - 8.0 earthquake for Windows desktop security software (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 67660 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/07/argument_switch_av_bypass/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001949.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://matousec.com/info/advisories/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
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