CVE-2012-4866 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in Xtreme RAT 3.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as the current working directory

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in Xtreme RAT 3.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as the current working directory

Published Sep 6, 2012

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.62%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Xtreme RAT 3.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as the current working directory. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.62% 0.00622

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

EPSS probability 0.00622

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.62% (0.00622)	47.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.62% (0.00622)	44.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00126)	29.38th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 28, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 27, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 4, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	73.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	52.35th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110949/Xtreme-RAT-DLL-Hijack.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52542
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74151
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110949/Xtreme-RAT-DLL-Hijack.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52542		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74151		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 6, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 6, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4866

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4866

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4866