PT-2012-1408 · Dominik Reichl · Keepass Password Safe

Published 2012-09-06 · Updated 2012-09-06 · CVE-2010-5196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KeePass Password Safe versions prior to 2.13

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DwmApi.dll file in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .kdbx file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.13, update to version 2.13 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using untrusted search paths in the affected software until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5196

Affected Products

Keepass Password Safe

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5196 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41167 · Vendor Advisory
• http://keepass.info/news/n100906_2.13.html · Note
• http://corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list · Note