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CVE-2010-3143

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.8% 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 Contacts allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wab32res.dll that is located in the same folder as a .contact, .group, .p7c, .vcf, or .wab file. NOTE: the codebase for this product may overlap the codebase for the product referenced in CVE-2010-3147.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Windows: all versions

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14778/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64446
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7224
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14778/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64446
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7224

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