CVE-2010-0189
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.2%EU EUVD
A certain ActiveX control in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager (aka DLM or Downloader) 1.5.2.35, as used in Adobe Download Manager, improperly validates requests involving web sites that are not in subdomains, which allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary programs via a crafted name for a download site.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.2% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0220)
- Published
- February 23, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0220 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / download manager
- nos microsystems / getplus download manager
References
- http://aviv.raffon.net/2010/02/18/SkeletonsInAdobesSecurityCloset.aspx
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/02/adobe_download_manager_issue.html
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5505
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38729(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023651
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-08.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.akitasecurity.nl/advisory.php?id=AK20090401
- http://www.osvdb.org/62547
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38313
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0459(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56370
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7182
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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