CVE-2011-1975

Windows DAC 6.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Data Access Tracing component in Windows Data Access Components (Windows DAC) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows 7 Gold and SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains an Excel .xlsx file, aka "Data Access Components Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12936

Scores

EPSS 0.4262
EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_7 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
Published Aug 10, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026