CVE-2011-2016

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

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

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Windows Mail and Windows Meeting Space in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .eml or .wcinv file, aka "Windows Mail Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Per: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-085 'This is a remote code execution vulnerability.'

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

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 13 years ago

2011-11-08 21:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows 7 x86 Service Pack 1

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-Based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

r2

Windows Server 2008 R2 for 32-bit Systems

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 Service Pack 1 Itanium

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

r2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

References

MS11-085

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14028

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