PT-2012-1475 · Nirsoft · Smartsniff

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-07 · CVE-2010-5265

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 SmartSniff version 1.71

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

Recommendations For SmartSniff version 1.71, consider restricting access to the wpcap.dll file to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using directories that contain .cfg or .ssp files, or ensure that only trusted wpcap.dll files are present in those directories.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5265

Affected Products

Smartsniff

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5265 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41580 · Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/smartsniff-dllhijack.txt · Note