CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1991
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .doc, .rtf, or .txt file, related to (1) deskpan.dll in the Display Panning CPL Extension, (2) EAPHost Authenticator Service, (3) Folder Redirection, (4) HyperTerminal, (5) the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME), and (6) Microsoft Management Console (MMC), aka "Windows Components Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-071 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12871 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-071 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12871 oval.cisecurity.org