CVE-2010-3133

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% 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 Wireshark 0.8.4 through 1.0.15 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.10 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse airpcap.dll, and possibly other DLLs, that is located in the same folder as a file that automatically launches Wireshark.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: through 1.2.10; 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6, 0.99.7 (+24)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/41064
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14721/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2165
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2243
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-09.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-10.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11498
http://secunia.com/advisories/41064
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14721/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2165
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2243
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-09.html

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