CVE-2010-0189: Adobe Download Manager

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A certain ActiveX control in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager (aka DLM or Downloader) 1.5.2.35, as used in Adobe Download Manager, improperly validates requests involving web sites that are not in subdomains, which allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary programs via a crafted name for a download site.

Affected products

• Adobe Download Manager: up to and including 1.6.2.60
• Nos Microsystems Getplus Download Manager: version 1.5.2.35 only

Published 2010-02-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.