CVE-2010-3145: Microsoft Windows Vista

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 10.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the BitLocker Drive Encryption API, as used in sdclt.exe in Backup Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse fveapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Windows Backup Catalog (.wbcat) file, aka "Backup Manager Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version

Published 2010-08-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.