CVE-2010-3976
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 9.3%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by Flash Player.
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
- 9.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3953)
- Published
- October 19, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3953 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bflash_player%5D_10.1.x_insecure_dll_hijacking_%28dwmapi.dll%29
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331642631603&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43026(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-11-05-1-PUB.txt
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-26.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2010-09/msg00070.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514653/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44671
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2903(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6926
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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