Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by Flash Player
Published Oct 19, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.29%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by Flash Player.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 9.0.277.0
- 9.0.16
- 9.0.18d60
- 9.0.20
- 9.0.20.0
- 9.0.28
- 9.0.28.0
- 9.0.31
- 9.0.31.0
- 9.0.45.0
- 9.0.47.0
- 9.0.48.0
- 9.0.112.0
- 9.0.114.0
- 9.0.115.0
- 9.0.124.0
- 9.0.125.0
- 9.0.151.0
- 9.0.152.0
- 9.0.155.0
- 9.0.159.0
- 9.0.246.0
- 9.0.260.0
- 9.0.262.0
Configuration 2
- ≤ 10.1.92.10
- 10.0.0.584
- 10.0.12.10
- 10.0.12.36
- 10.0.15.3
- 10.0.22.87
- 10.0.32.18
- 10.0.42.34
- 10.0.45.2
- 10.1.52.14.1
- 10.1.52.15
- 10.1.53.64
- 10.1.82.76
- 10.1.85.3
- 10.1.92.8
- 10.1.95.1
- 10.1.95.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.29% (0.09294) | 95.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.29% (0.09294) | 94.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 7.65% (0.07653) | 91.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 20, 2025 | 10.04% (0.10042) | 92.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.65% (0.07653) | 91.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.17% (0.09170) | 87.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.65% (0.07653) | 91.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.03% (0.03028) | 91.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 2.58% (0.02580) | 89.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2023 | 1.84% (0.01835) | 86.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 1.88% (0.01885) | 86.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01783) | 86.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.70% (0.01705) | 85.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bflash_player%5D_10.1.x_insecure_dll_hijacking_%28dwmapi.dll%29 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331642631603&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43026 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-11-05-1-PUB.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-26.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2010-09/msg00070.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514653/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44671 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2903 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6926 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.