CVE-2010-5271

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2010-5271 · Published 07/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-5271 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting mapforce (altova).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.40%, higher than 34.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mapforce altova	`= 2011`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Altova MapForce 2011 Enterprise Edition SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .mfd file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/42548 · Vendor Advisory
coresecurity.com/content/altova-mapforce-2011-enterprise-edition-dwmapi-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5

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