Vulnerability in Microsoft Pinyin Ime
CVE-2011-2010
The Microsoft Office Input Method Editor (IME) for Simplified Chinese in Microsoft Pinyin IME 2010, Office Pinyin SimpleFast Style 2010, and Office Pinyin New Experience Style 2010 does not properly restrict access to configuration options, which allows local users to gain privileges via the Microsoft Pinyin (aka MSPY) IME toolbar, aka "Pinyin IME Elevation Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Pinyin Ime — versions 2010
- Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Style — versions 2010
- Microsoft Pinyin Simple Fast Style — versions 2010
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-088 (vendor-advisory)