CVE-2010-3914 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2010-3914

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VIM Development Group GVim before...

Vulnerability 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.

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

gvim
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.3.01, 7.3.02, 7.3.03, 7.3.04, 7.3.05, 7.3.06, 7.3.07, 7.3.08, 7.3.09, 7.3.010, 7.3.011, 7.3.012, 7.3.013, 7.3.014, 7.3.015, 7.3.016, 7.3.017, 7.3.018, 7.3.019, 7.3.020, 7.3.021, 7.3.022, 7.3.023, 7.3.024, 7.3.025, 7.3.026, 7.3.027, 7.3.028, 7.3.029, 7.3.030, 7.3.031, 7.3.032

Timeline

Official Publish: November 3rd, 2010
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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