PT-2012-1463 · Gilles Vollant · Winimage

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-07 · CVE-2010-5253

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 WinImage version 8.50

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges through an untrusted search path vulnerability. This can be exploited by placing a Trojan horse wnaspi32.dll file in the current working directory, particularly in a directory containing a .imz file.

Recommendations For WinImage version 8.50, consider removing or restricting access to the wnaspi32.dll file in the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, avoid opening .imz files from untrusted sources until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5253

Affected Products

Winimage

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5253 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41225 · Vendor Advisory
• http://corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list · Note