CVE-2012-0016

Published Mar 13, 2012

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Expression Design; Expression Design SP1; and Expression Design 2, 3, and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .xpr or .DESIGN file, aka "Expression Design Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.3
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'
Impact
Per: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-022 'This is a remote code execution vulnerability.'
Solution
Per: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-022 'This is a remote code execution vulnerability.'

Configurations