{"id":"CVE-2010-5252","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-5252","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:26:07.313Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in HTTrack 3.43-9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse httrack-plugin.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .whtt file.","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in HTTrack 3.43-9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse httrack-plugin.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .whtt file.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","published":"2012-09-07T10:32:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:26:25.000Z","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":["httrack/httrack"],"epss":{"score":0.00413,"percentile":0.35347,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/41224","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/41224","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5252","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."}