CVE-2010-5221 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in STDU Explorer 1.0.20, allowing local users to achieve privilege escalation. An attacker could place a malicious dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, which the application would then load. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.201CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stdutility:stdu_explorer:1.0.201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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