Vulnerability in Microsoft Office
CVE-2011-1980
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and 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 .doc, .ppt, or .xls file, aka "Office Component Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.104 (95.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2003, 2007
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1980?
- CVE-2011-1980 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office. Published 2011-09-15.
- Is CVE-2011-1980 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.