CVE-2010-4833

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c in GTK+ before 2.24.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse uxtheme.dll file in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4831.

Affected products

GNOME Gtk: before 2.24.0 — fixed in 2.24.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNOME Gtk 2.24.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c?h=gtk-2-24&id=d6e11a97e318158f5d210a0476870dfe14ed95e6
http://secunia.com/advisories/45815
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49449
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c?h=gtk-2-24&id=d6e11a97e318158f5d210a0476870dfe14ed95e6
http://secunia.com/advisories/45815
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49449

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