CVE-2010-3967
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (WMM) 2.6 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 20.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (WMM) 2.6 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Movie Maker (MSWMM) file, aka "Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.6.4038.0 - 'hhctrl.ocx' DLL Hijacking (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14731local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2010Not verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
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)
- 20.5% · top 2.5% 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
6
- TA10-348A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 42607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS10-093 (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-2010-3944 (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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