CVE-2010-0103
UsbCharger.dll in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger software contains a backdoor that is implemented through the Arucer.dll file in…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 27.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
UsbCharger.dll in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger software contains a backdoor that is implemented through the Arucer.dll file in the %WINDIR%\system32 directory, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary programs onto a Windows PC, and execute these programs, via a request to TCP port 7777.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger Arucer.dll Trojan Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/backdoor/energizer_duo_payloadRank excellentdisclosed 5 Mar 2010
- Energizer DUO Trojan Scanner (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/backdoor/energizer_duo_detectRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Arugizer Trojan Horse (Energizer DUO) - Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16390remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.3% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/trojan-found-usb-battery-charger-software (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#154421 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.marketwatch.com/story/energizer-announces-duo-charger-and-usb-charger-software-problem-2010-03-05 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0135 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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