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CVE-2010-3147

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.7% 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 wab.exe 6.00.2900.5512 in Windows Address Book in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wab32res.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Windows Address Book (WAB), VCF (aka vCard), or P7C file, aka "Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: the codebase for this product may overlap the codebase for the product referenced in CVE-2010-3143.

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook Express: 6.00.2900.5512
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/41050
• http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024878
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-096
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12352
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41050
• http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024878
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html

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