CVE-2010-3914

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VIM Development Group GVim before 7.3.034, and possibly other versions before 7.3.46, allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse User32.dll or other DLL that is located in the same folder as a .TXT file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

vim Gvim: through 7.3.033; 7.3.01, 7.3.02, 7.3.03, 7.3.04, 7.3.05, 7.3.06 (+26)

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27868039/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000051.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44588
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27868039/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000051.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44588

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