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CVE-2010-3191· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Captivate 5.0.0.596, and possibly other versions, allows local users, and possibly remote attac

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Captivate 5.0.0.596, and possibly other versions, allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a .cptx file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 31, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
5.7% · 93th percentile
CWE
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39

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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 5.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
adobecaptivate

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe captivate5.0.0.596

Same product

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    29Monitor
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    29Monitor
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    28Monitor

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

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    Change log

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    References

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