CVE-2010-5225

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2010-5225 · Published 06/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-5225 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting babylon (babylon).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
babylon babylon	`= 8.1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Babylon 8.1.0 r16 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse BESExtension.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .bgl file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/42489 · Vendor Advisory
xlocux.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/babylon-pro-8-xx-dll-hijacking

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