Vulnerability in GNOME Gtk

CVE-2010-4831

Untrusted search path vulnerability in gdk/win32/gdkinput-win32.c in GTK+ before 2.21.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Wintab32.dll file in the current working directory.

Published 2011-09-06 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Gtk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/49449 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/gdk/win32/gdkinput-win32.c (Patch)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN58019849/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.21/gtk+-2.21.8.changes (Patch)
secunia.com/advisories/45815 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000072 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)