CVE-2010-5227 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Opera versions prior to 10.62. This flaw allows local attackers to achieve privilege escalation by placing a malicious dwmapi.dll file in the same directory as specific web file types. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating a high severity due to its local attack vector, medium complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-14732) confirms the existence of public exploit code for DLL hijacking. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.