CVE-2010-3147 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.7% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 18.68% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-08-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | outlook express |
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Address Book 6.00.2900.5512 - 'wab32res.dll' DLL Hijacking | 2010-08-25 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows - Contacts 'wab32res.dll' DLL Hijacking | 2010-08-25 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows 7 - 'wab32res.dll wab.exe' DLL Hijacking | 2010-08-24 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41050
- http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024878
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41050
- http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024878
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
- 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
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