CVE-2010-3147
Untrusted search path vulnerability in wab.exe 6.00.2900.5512 in Windows Address Book in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 18.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in wab.exe 6.00.2900.5512 in Windows Address Book in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wab32res.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Windows Address Book (WAB), VCF (aka vCard), or P7C file, aka "Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: the codebase for this product may overlap the codebase for the product referenced in CVE-2010-3143.
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
- 14745 (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)
- 18.7% · top 2.7% 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
7
- TA10-348A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 14745 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41050 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS10-096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1024878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2010-3147 (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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