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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.104 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.104 · newest: 0.104 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2003, 2007
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-073 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12694 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html (US Government Resource, 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.