CVE-2010-3131 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3131?

CVE-2010-3131 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 26 Aug 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3131?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3131?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2010-3131 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3131 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4qrh-29x8-rv94.