CVE-2010-5256

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2010-5256 · Published 07/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-5256 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting cdisplay (cdisplay).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.40%, higher than 34.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cdisplay cdisplay	`= 1.8.1`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in CDisplay 1.8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse TRACE32.DLL file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cba file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/41229 · Vendor Advisory
corelan.be/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list

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