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CVE-2010-3144

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.6% 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 Internet Connection Signup Wizard in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse smmscrpt.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains an ISP or INS file, aka "Internet Connection Signup Wizard Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14754/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024879
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-097
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11993
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14754/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024879
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-097
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11993

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