CVE-2010-3131 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey on Windows XP. This flaw allows local users, and potentially remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code through DLL hijacking. The vulnerability leverages a malicious dwmapi.dll placed in the same directory as specific file types, leading to critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.