PT-2012-1481 · Altova · Altova Mapforce

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-07 · CVE-2010-5271

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 Altova MapForce version 2011 Enterprise Edition SP1

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

Recommendations For Altova MapForce version 2011 Enterprise Edition SP1, consider restricting access to the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using directories that contain .mfd files until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5271

Affected Products

Altova Mapforce

References · 3

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42548 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5271 · Security Note
• http://coresecurity.com/content/altova-mapforce-2011-enterprise-edition-dwmapi-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5 · Note