CVE-2010-5246: Maxthon Browser

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Maxthon Browser 1.6.7.35 and 2.5.15 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) RSRC32.dll or (2) dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .html file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

• Maxthon Maxthon Browser: version 1.6.7.35 only; version 2.5.15 only

Published 2012-09-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.