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CVE-2010-5209

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-5209 describes multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Nuance PDF Reader 6.0, allowing local users to gain privileges. This occurs when a malicious dwmapi.dll or exceptiondumpdll.dll file is placed in the same directory as a PDF, leading to its execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating a medium severity with local access, medium complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nuance:pdf_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

core.yehg.net / lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bnuance_pdf_reader%5D_6.0_insecure_dll_hijacking
secunia.com / advisories/41410
Vendor Advisory