CVE-2010-3976
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 9.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by Flash Player.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 5 days later
· 5 days 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)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% 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
15
- ADV-2011-0192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20101105 ASPR #2010-11-05-01: Remote Binary Planting in Adobe Flash Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/dll_hijacking/%5Bflash_player%5D_10.1.x_insecure_dll_hijacking_%28dwmapi.dll%29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43026 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201101-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2010-11-05-1-PUB.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSRT100428 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-26.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100910 Adobe Flash Player IE version 10.1.x Insecure DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 44671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2010-3953 (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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