CVE-2010-3147
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 18.7% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3147)
- Published
- August 27, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3147 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / outlook express
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41050(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/(Exploit)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024878
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html(US Government Resource)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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