PT-2012-1455 · Pdf Xchange · Pdf-Xchange Viewer

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2010-5245

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 PDF-XChange Viewer version 2.0 Build 54.0

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .pdf file.

Recommendations For PDF-XChange Viewer version 2.0 Build 54.0, consider removing or restricting access to the wintab32.dll file in the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid opening .pdf files from untrusted directories until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5245

Affected Products

Pdf-Xchange Viewer

References · 4

• http://secunia.com/advisories/41197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5245 · Security Note
• http://corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list · Note
• http://tracker-software.com/company/news_press_events/view/91 · Note