CVE-2010-5265

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: 2012-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in SmartSniff 1.71 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wpcap.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cfg or .ssp file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Nirsoft Smartsniff: 1.71

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/smartsniff-dllhijack.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/41580
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/smartsniff-dllhijack.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/41580

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