CVE-2011-0107 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2007 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Office Component Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Published: 2011-04-13

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 51.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.51718.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/71767
http://secunia.com/advisories/44015
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FGA-2011-13.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47246
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025343
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0942
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-023
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12655

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2011-04-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:43:14.199Z

Reserved: 2010-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0107

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-13T18:55:01.283

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0107

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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