CVE-2010-3190
7.8 HIGHUntrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1; Visual Stud...
Published: 2010-08-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-28
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-426
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | itunes, visual_c\+\+, visual_studio |
| microsoft | itunes, visual_c\+\+, visual_studio |
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1; Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010; Visual C++ 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010; and Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3, 2013, and 2013 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory during execution of an MFC application such as AtlTraceTool8.exe (aka ATL MFC Trace Tool), as demonstrated by a directory that contains a TRC, cur, rs, rct, or res file, aka "MFC Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3190
- [Vendor advisory]http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/41212
- [Other]http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/
- [Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42811
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
- [Patch]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-025
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12457
- [Patch]https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2010-3190
- [Vendor advisory]https://support.apple.com/HT205221
- [Vendor advisory]http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
- [Other]http://secunia.com/advisories/41212
- [Other]http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/
- [Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42811
- [Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
- [Patch]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-025
- [Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12457
- [Patch]https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2010-3190
- [Vendor advisory]https://support.apple.com/HT205221
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