CVE-2010-4831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2011-09-06

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-4796	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Gtk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2011-09-06T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:45:51.821Z

Reserved: 2011-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4831

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-09-06T15:55:01.007

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4831

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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