CVE-2010-3143 is an untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Contacts, allowing local or potentially remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through DLL hijacking. This occurs when a malicious wab32res.dll is placed in the same directory as specific contact or address book files (.contact, .group, .p7c, .vcf, or .wab). With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and its FAUCET Risk Score is 96/100, though it has minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.