CVE-2010-3152

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS5 15.0.1 and earlier, and possibly other versions allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll or aires.dll that is located in the same folder as an .ait or .eps file.

Affected products

Adobe Illustrator: 14.0, 15.0.1

References

http://osvdb.org/67534
http://secunia.com/advisories/41134
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-29.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14773/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513335/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024865
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2198
http://osvdb.org/67534
http://secunia.com/advisories/41134
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-29.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14773/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513335/100/0/threaded

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