CVE-2010-3142

Powerpoint vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

16.3%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse rpawinet.dll that is located in the same folder as a .odp, .pothtml, .potm, .potx, .ppa, .ppam, .pps, .ppt, .ppthtml, .pptm, .pptxml, .pwz, .sldm, .sldx, and .thmx file.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Powerpoint

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2010-08-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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