{"id":"CVE-2010-5227","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-5227","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:49.279Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in Opera before 10.62 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .htm, .mht, .mhtml, .xht, .xhtm, or .xhtl…","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in Opera before 10.62 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .htm, .mht, .mhtml, .xht, .xhtm, or .xhtl file.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","published":"2012-09-07T10:32:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:26:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["opera/opera"],"epss":{"score":0.00979,"percentile":0.61946,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2010-08-24","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":14732,"kind":"exploit","title":"Opera 10.61 - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijacking","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/14732.c","file":"exploits/windows/local/14732.c","published":"2010-08-24","added":"2010-08-24","updated":"2010-08-24","author":"Nicolas Krassas","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-67498","CVE-2010-5227"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comOpera_1061_en_Setup.exe","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/41083","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/41083","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5227","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}