MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-5228

Realplayer Sp vulnerability

CVSS
6.9
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Untrusted search path vulnerability in RealPlayer SP 1.1.5 12.0.0.879 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse rio500.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.
Affected vendor
Realnetworks
Affected product
Realplayer Sp
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2012-09-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-5228

  • Confirm whether Realnetworks Realplayer Sp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-5228.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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