CVE-2010-5238

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in CyberLink PowerDirector 8.00.3022 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 .pdl, .iso, .pds, .p2g, or .p2i file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Cyberlink Powerdirector: 8.00.3022

References

http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2010/08/dll-hijacking-my-test-cases-on-default.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41142
http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2010/08/dll-hijacking-my-test-cases-on-default.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41142

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