CVE-2011-1991

Microsoft Windows - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12871
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.1212
EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/windows_2003_server
microsoft/windows_7 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Sep 15, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026