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CVE-2010-5230: MicroStation 7.1 can be tricked to run malicious DLLs

CVE-2010-5230 · published 14 years ago

Summary

MicroStation 7.1 may load DLL files from the current folder when opening certain project files, allowing a local user to place a malicious DLL and have it run with higher privileges. This could let an attacker execute code or take control of the application. Keep the software updated and restrict write access to directories used by MicroStation, or apply vendor patches that enforce safe DLL loading.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
bentley	microstation	7.1 `cpe:2.3:a:bentley:microstation:7.1:::::::*`

Original advisory text

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in MicroStation 7.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) mptools.dll, (2) baseman.dll, (3) wintab32.dll, or (4) wintab.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .hln or .rdl file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker full control (estimated)

Severity

6.9 Medium

Exploitation

<1% chance of attack within 30 days

Timeline

Published7 Sep 2012

Updated3 Nov 2026

First seen29 Sep 2026

Sources

CVE-2010-5230 · NVD

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