PT-2012-1431 · Meo · Meo Encryption

Published 2012-09-06 · Updated 2012-09-06 · CVE-2010-5220

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 MEO Encryption Software version 2.02

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 .meo or .cry file.

Recommendations For MEO Encryption Software version 2.02, consider restricting access to the current working directory to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using directories that contain .meo or .cry files until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5220

Affected Products

Meo Encryption

References · 3

• http://secunia.com/advisories/41843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5220 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/meo-dllhijack.txt · Note