CVE-2010-3138

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
43.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 27, 2010 (5739 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse iacenc.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by access through BS.Player or Media Player Classic to a directory that contains a .avi, .mka, .ra, or .ram file, aka "Indeo Codec Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft windows media playermicrosoft windows xpbsplayer bs.player

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov