Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 on Windows XP allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a .htm, .html, .jtx, .mfp, or .eml file.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Mozilla Thunderbird - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijacking EDB-14783 · local · Aug 25, 2010 · verified
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 - 'dwmapi.dll' DLL Hijacking EDB-14730 · local · Aug 24, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 41095 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:049 vendor-advisory
- 14783 exploit
- 20100824 Firefox <= 3.6.8 DLL Hijacking Exploit [dwmapi.dll] mailing-list
- ADV-2010-2201 vdb-entry
- 14730 exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-52.html
- ADV-2010-2169 vdb-entry
- ADV-2010-2323 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12143 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579593
- 41168 third-party-advisory