CVE-2010-3131

Public Exploit

Description

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.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.77% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3131?: CVE-2010-3131 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3131?: To fix CVE-2010-3131, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3131 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-3131 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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