CVE-2010-3143 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2010-3143

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Contacts allows local...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

windows
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: August 27th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.