CVE-2010-3143
highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.208 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
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- EDB-14745Microsoft Address Book 6.00.2900.5512 - 'wab32res.dll' DLL Hijackingfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-14778Microsoft Windows - Contacts 'wab32res.dll' DLL Hijackingfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (6)
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- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14778/enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64446enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7224enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14778/Exploitnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64446nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7224nvd
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