CVE-2010-5265 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in SmartSniff 1.71 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wpcap.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cfg or .ssp file

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in SmartSniff 1.71 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wpcap.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cfg or .ssp file

Published Sep 7, 2012

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.40%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in SmartSniff 1.71 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wpcap.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cfg or .ssp file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00399

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00399

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.40% (0.00399)	31.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00399)	31.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00068)	18.35th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/smartsniff-dllhijack.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/41580
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/smartsniff-dllhijack.txt		x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/41580		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 7, 2012

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Sep 7, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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