PT-2012-1479 · Intel · Intel Threading Building Blocks

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-10 · CVE-2010-5269

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 Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) version 2.2.013

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

Recommendations For Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) version 2.2.013, consider restricting access to the tbbmalloc.dll file to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using directories that contain .pbk files with potentially vulnerable versions of TBB. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5269

Affected Products

Intel Threading Building Blocks

References · 3

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42506 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5269 · Security Note
• http://coresecurity.com/content/adobe-pixel-bender-toolkit-tbbmalloc-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5 · Note