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CVE-2010-5261

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.9)—

Untrusted search path vulnerability in SnowFox Total Video Converter 2.5.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .avi file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Snowfoxsoft — Snowfox Total Video Converter

CWEs

References

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:26:26.260",
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