CVE-2010-5227

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Opera before 10.62 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 .htm, .mht, .mhtml, .xht, .xhtm, or .xhtl file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Opera Software AS Opera for Android: through 10.61

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/41083
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41083
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970/

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