CVE-2010-5249 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-5249

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Sophos Free Encryption 2.40.1.1 and...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Sophos Free Encryption 2.40.1.1 and Sophos SafeGuard PrivateCrypto 2.40.1.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pcrypt0406.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .uti file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

free encryption, safeguard privatecrypto
Vulnerable Versions:
2.40.1.1, 2.40.1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: September 7th, 2012
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.