Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-3402 - DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in IDM Computer Solutions UltraEdit 'dwmapi.dll'

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
ultraedit
critical

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in IDM Computer Solutions UltraEdit 16.20.0.1009, 16.10.0.1036, and probably other versions allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a bin, cpp, css, c, dat, hpp, html, h, ini, java, log, mak, php, prj, txt, or xml file. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ultraedit
2

Statements

contributorultraedit
lastmodified2012-03-06
organizationUltraEdit
statementThis issue was resolved and patched on 9/15/2010.