CVE-2010-3133 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 0.8.4 through 1.0.15 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.10. This flaw allows local users, and potentially remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and perform DLL hijacking by placing a malicious airpcap.dll (or other DLLs) in the same directory as a file that automatically launches Wireshark. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code for DLL hijacking via airpcap.dll is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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