CVE-2010-3402

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Ultraedit: 16.10.0.1036, 16.20.0.1009

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-09/0227.html
http://osvdb.org/67995
http://secunia.com/advisories/41403
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43183
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-09/0227.html
http://osvdb.org/67995
http://secunia.com/advisories/41403
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43183

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