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CVE-2010-3140

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.1% 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 Microsoft Windows Internet Communication Settings on Windows XP SP3 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse schannel.dll that is located in the same folder as an ISP file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14780
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6743
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14780
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6743

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