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CVE-2010-5268

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Amazon Kindle for PC 1.3.0 30884 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .azw file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published

2012-09-07T10:32:23.803

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	amazon	kindle_for_pc	1.3.0.30884	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/42476 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/amazon-kindle-for-pc-wintab32-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42476 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/amazon-kindle-for-pc-wintab32-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)