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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-4182

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,…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 24.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
24.18% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%26 October 2026: 24.18%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 24.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.