CVE-2010-3965

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-12-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Windows Media Profile (PRX) file, aka "Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder: 9, 9_series

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42855
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024876
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3217
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-094
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12235
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42855
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024876
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3217
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-094
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12235

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