CVE-2010-3124 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll that is located in the same folder as a .mp3 file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 12.51% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-08-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 1.1.3 - 'wintab32.dll' DLL Hijacking | 2010-08-25 |
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=bin/winvlc.c%3Bh=ac9b97ca9f5f9ba001f13bf61eb5127a1c1dbcbf%3Bhp=2d09cba320e3b0def7069ce1ebab25d1340161c5%3Bhb=43a31df56c37bd62c691cdbe3c1f11babd164b56%3Bhpb=2d366da738b19f8d761d7084746c6db6f52808c6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41107
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14750
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/9
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2172
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12190
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=bin/winvlc.c%3Bh=ac9b97ca9f5f9ba001f13bf61eb5127a1c1dbcbf%3Bhp=2d09cba320e3b0def7069ce1ebab25d1340161c5%3Bhb=43a31df56c37bd62c691cdbe3c1f11babd164b56%3Bhpb=2d366da738b19f8d761d7084746c6db6f52808c6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41107
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14750
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/9
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2172
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12190
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