Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.187 (97.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.187 · newest: 0.187 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/ (Exploit, exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/41050 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-096 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/ (Exploit)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12352 (signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-3147?
- CVE-2010-3147 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express. Published 2010-08-27.
- Is CVE-2010-3147 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.