CVE-2010-3138

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse iacenc.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by access through BS.Player or Media Player Classic to a directory that contains a .avi, .mka, .ra, or .ram file, aka "Indeo Codec Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Bsplayer Bs.Player: all versions
Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/67588
http://secunia.com/advisories/41114
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14765
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14788
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2190
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4956.php
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-014
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7132
http://osvdb.org/67588
http://secunia.com/advisories/41114
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14765

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