CVE-2010-3143
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Contacts allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 20.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Contacts allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wab32res.dll that is located in the same folder as a .contact, .group, .p7c, .vcf, or .wab file. NOTE: the codebase for this product may overlap the codebase for the product referenced in CVE-2010-3147.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Address Book 6.00.2900.5512 - 'wab32res.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14745local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Verified
- Microsoft Windows - Contacts 'wab32res.dll' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14778local, windowspublished 25 Aug 2010Verified
- Microsoft Windows 7 - 'wab32res.dll wab.exe' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14733local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2010Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 14778 (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)
- 20.8% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (11 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
3
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14778 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ms-win-dll-code-exec(64446) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2010-3143 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-3143)Record last updated .