CVE-2010-4831
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.9
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in gdk/win32/gdkinput-win32.c in GTK+ before 2.21.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Wintab32.dll file in the current working directory.
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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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gtk | {"endExcluding":"2.21.8"} | 2.21.8 |
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.21/gtk+-2.21.8.changes
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/gdk/win32/gdkinput-win32.c?h=gtk-2-24&id=88f54ea47d4a55bbbf9e34a7a0502f365eb69ae5&ss=1
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN58019849/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45815
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49449
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4831
CWEs
CWE-426
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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