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CVE-2010-5196

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in KeePass Password Safe before 2.13 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DwmApi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .kdbx file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• KeePass Password Safe: through 2.10; 1.6

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/41167
• http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/
• http://www.keepass.info/news/n100906_2.13.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41167
• http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/
• http://www.keepass.info/news/n100906_2.13.html

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