CVE-2011-1975

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."

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2011-08-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Windows 7 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-059
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12936