CVE-2011-2019

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Server 2008 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 an HTML file, aka "Internet Explorer Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-099	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13884	Tool Signature
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-099	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13884	Tool Signature

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2011-12-14 00:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2011-2019

Mitre link : CVE-2011-2019

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-2019

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Products Affected

microsoft

windows_server_2008
windows_7
internet_explorer

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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