CVE-2010-5236

Exp

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Roxio Easy Media Creator Home 9.0.136 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse homeutils9.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .roxio, .c2d, or .gi file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2012-09-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-5236 is rated Exploit Available (58.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-5236

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
14768 exploit_db edb 2010-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-5236

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-12 0.28% 0.24% -0.05%
2 2025-03-17 0.06% 0.28% +0.22%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-5236

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-5236

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-5236

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-5236

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
roxio easy_media_creator 9.0.136 cpe:2.3:a:roxio:easy_media_creator:9.0.136:*:home:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-5236

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