HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-4182

Windows 7 vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
24.6%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Data Access Objects (DAO) library (dao360.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP3, Windows Vista Business SP1, and Windows 7 Professional allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse msjet49.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by dao360.dll. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 7
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2010-11-04

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 24.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-4182

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 7 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-4182.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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