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medium 6.9

CVE-2010-5265 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in SmartSniff 1.71 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wpcap.dll file in the curre…

published 14y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-5224

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in SmartSniff 1.71 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wpcap.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cfg or .ssp file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.