CVE-2010-3147
highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.187 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- 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 (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows 2003 serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows server 2003all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41050enisa_euvd
- http://www.attackvector.org/new-dll-hijacking-exploits-many/enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14745/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024878enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-096enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12352enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41050Vendor Advisorynvd
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