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CVE-2011-0029

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 7.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .rdp file, aka "Remote Desktop Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client: 5.2, 6.0, 7.0, 6.1
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://osvdb.org/71014
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43628
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025172
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-067A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0616
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-017
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12480
• http://osvdb.org/71014
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43628
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025172
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-067A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0616

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