PT-2013-2563 · Blue Marble Geographics · Global Mapper

Published 2013-04-26 · Updated 2013-04-26 · CVE-2013-0727

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 Global Mapper version 14.1.0

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or ibfs32.dll file in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .gmc, .gmg, .gmp, .gms, .gmw, or .opt file.

Recommendations For Global Mapper version 14.1.0, consider removing or restricting access to the dwmapi.dll and ibfs32.dll files in the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using directories that contain .gmc, .gmg, .gmp, .gms, .gmw, or .opt files until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0727

Affected Products

Global Mapper

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0727 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51510 · Vendor Advisory