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CVE-2010-3138

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse iacenc.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by access through BS.Player or Media Player Classic to a directory that contains a .avi, .mka, .ra, or .ram file, aka "Indeo Codec Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.43265
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules3 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft windows media playerall versions
microsoft windows xpall versions
bsplayer bs.playerall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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localMedia Player Classic 1.3.2189.0 - 'iacenc.dll' DLL Hijacking2010-08-25
localMedia Player Classic 6.4.9.1 - 'iacenc.dll' DLL Hijackingverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 14765www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 14788www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry
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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 NVD27 Aug 2010 · 07:00 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://osvdb.org/67588
http://secunia.com/advisories/41114Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2190Vendor Advisory
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4956.php
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-014
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