Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-5227

Title: Opera Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2010-5227

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Sep 07, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.55%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-5227: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Opera before 10.62 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 .htm, .mht, .mhtml, .xht, .xhtm, or .xhtl file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impacted Vendors

opera_software 1

opera 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/41083 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732 http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062/ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970/ http://secunia.com/advisories/41083 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732 http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1062/ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/970/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-5227 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14732

View Code

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 07, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.