CVE-2010-3965
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."
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
- 11.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3942)
- Published
- December 16, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3942 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows media encoder
- microsoft / windows media encoder
- microsoft / windows media encoder
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42855
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024876
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3217(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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