CVE-2010-3131
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 22.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 on Windows XP 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 .htm, .html, .jtx, .mfp, or .eml file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Mozilla Thunderbird - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14783local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Verified
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14730local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2010Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 14783 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 14730 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 22.9% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (10 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
12
- 41095 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 14783 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20100824 Firefox <= 3.6.8 DLL Hijacking Exploit [dwmapi.dll] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 14730 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-52.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 41168 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2010-3131 (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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