Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Intuit QuickBooks 2010 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) dbicudt
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Intuit QuickBooks 2010 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) dbicudtx11.dll, (2) mfc90enu.dll, or (3) mfc90loc.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .des, .qbo, or .qpg file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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- Sep 6, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 26th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| intuit | quickbooks | cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- intuit quickbooks2010
Same product
intuit: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2012-2418Heap-based buffer overflow in the intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll 28Monitor
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- CVE-2012-2425The intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 thro7Monitor
- CVE-2012-2424The intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 thro7Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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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
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
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:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- secunia.com/advisories/41221
- www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.