CVE-2010-5250
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll in Pthreads-win32 2.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse quserex.dll file in the current working directory. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-426
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-5209)
- Published
- September 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-5209 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pthread-win32 project / pthreads-win32
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41215(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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