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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 an

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.10225
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.0.6
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 3.0.6
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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localMozilla Thunderbird - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijackingverified
localMozilla Firefox 3.6.8 - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijackingverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 14730www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 14783www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD26 Aug 2010 · 06:36 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41095Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41168Vendor Advisory
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/2010/2169Vendor Advisory
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