CVE-2010-5268

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 Amazon Kindle for PC 1.3.0 30884 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .azw file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Amazon Kindle For Pc: 1.3.0.30884

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/42476
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/amazon-kindle-for-pc-wintab32-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5
http://secunia.com/advisories/42476
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/amazon-kindle-for-pc-wintab32-dll-hijacking-exploit-10-5

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