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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1991

Original release date:09/15/2011

Last revised:06/04/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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."

Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Per: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-071 Access Vector: Network per "This is a remote code execution vulnerability"

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA11-256A

Name: TA11-256A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS11-071

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-071

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12871

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12871