CVE-2010-3129

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in uTorrent 2.0.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse plugin_dll.dll, userenv.dll, shfolder.dll, dnsapi.dll, dwmapi.dll, iphlpapi.dll, dhcpcsvc.dll, dhcpcsvc6.dll, or rpcrtremote.dll that is located in the same folder as a .torrent or .btsearch file.

Affected products

Utorrent: 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7 (+20)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/41051
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14726
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2164
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6887
http://secunia.com/advisories/41051
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14726
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2164
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6887

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