CVE-2010-5274

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2010-5274 · Published 07/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-5274 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting pkzip (pkware).
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
pkzip pkware	`= 12.50.0014`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in PKZIP before 12.50.0014 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 .zip file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/41103 · Vendor Advisory
web.archive.org/web/20101229090807/http://www.pkware.com/support/desktop/updates

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