CVE-2010-3143

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Contacts allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wab32res.dll that is located in the same folder as a .contact, .group, .p7c, .vcf, or .wab file. NOTE: the codebase for this product may overlap the codebase for the product referenced in CVE-2010-3147.

Published: 2010-08-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3143 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.14%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +12.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-3143

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
14778 exploit_db edb 2010-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗
14745 exploit_db edb 2010-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗
14733 exploit_db edb 2010-08-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3143

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 8.82% 21.14% +12.32%
2 2025-11-20 8.63% 8.82% +0.19%
3 2025-09-15 8.63%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3143

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3143

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3143

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3143

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