CVE-2010-3141
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 15.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse pptimpconv.dll that is located in the same folder as a .odp, .pot, .potm, .potx, .ppa, .pps, .ppsm, .ppsx, .ppt, .pptm, .pptx, .pwz, .sldm, or .sldx 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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 - 'rpawinet.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14782local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Not verified
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - 'pptimpconv.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14723local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2010Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 14723 (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)
- 15.4% · top 3.2% 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
1
- 14723 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2010-3141 (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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