PT-2012-1478 · Amazon · Amazon Kindle For Pc

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-10 · CVE-2010-5268

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 Amazon Kindle for PC version 1.3.0 30884

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 .azw file.

Recommendations For Amazon Kindle for PC version 1.3.0 30884, consider restricting access to the wintab32.dll file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5268

Affected Products

Amazon Kindle For Pc

References · 3

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42476 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5268 · Security Note
• http://coresecurity.com/content/amazon-kindle-for-pc-wintab32-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5 · Note