CVE-2010-5250 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-5250

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll in Pthreads-win32 2.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse quserex.dll file in the current working directory. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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

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Credits & Attribution

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References

Affected Vendor

pthread-win32 project

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Affected Software

pthreads-win32
Vulnerable Versions:
2.8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 7th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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