CVE-2010-3138
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 27.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse iacenc.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by access through BS.Player or Media Player Classic to a directory that contains a .avi, .mka, .ra, or .ram file, aka "Indeo Codec Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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
- Media Player Classic 1.3.2189.0 - 'iacenc.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14765local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Not verified
- Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 - 'iacenc.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14788local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 14765 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 14788 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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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)
- 27.3% · top 1.9% 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
9
- TA12-045A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4956.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 14765 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2190 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 67588 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 14788 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS12-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_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-2010-3138 (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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