CVE-2010-5240

Exp

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Corel PHOTO-PAINT and CorelDRAW X5 15.1.0.588 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) dwmapi.dll or (2) CrlRib.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .cdr, .cpt, .cmx, or .csl file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2012-09-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-5240 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.80%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.80% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-5240

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
14786 exploit_db edb 2010-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗
14787 exploit_db edb 2010-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-5240

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 2026-06-15 1.00% 2.80% +1.80%
2 2026-05-09 1.05% 1.00% -0.05%
3 2025-05-31 — 1.05% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-5240

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-2010-5240

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-5240

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-5240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
corel coreldraw_x5 15.1.0.588 cpe:2.3:a:corel:coreldraw_x5:15.1.0.588:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
corel photo-paint_x3 13.0.0.576 cpe:2.3:a:corel:photo-paint_x3:13.0.0.576:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-5240

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