CVE-2010-3131

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 on Windows XP 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 .htm, .html, .jtx, .mfp, or .eml file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2010-08-26

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Firefox (Mozilla)
• Seamonkey (Mozilla)
• Thunderbird (Mozilla)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41095
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41168
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14730
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14783
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-52.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513324/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2169
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2201
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2323
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579593
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12143