CVE-2010-5211

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% 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 ALSee 6.20.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse patchani.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .ani, .bmp, .cal, .hdp, .jpe, .mac, .pbm, .pcx, .pgm, .png, .psd, .ras, .tga, or .tiff file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

ESTSOFT ALSee: 6.20.0.1

References

http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Balsee%5D_6.20.0.1_insecure_dll_hijacking
http://secunia.com/advisories/41415
http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Balsee%5D_6.20.0.1_insecure_dll_hijacking
http://secunia.com/advisories/41415

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