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CVE-2011-0038

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse IEShims.dll in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Desktop directory that contains an HTML file, aka "Internet Explorer Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8

References

• http://osvdb.org/70833
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
• http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FGA-2011-04.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46159
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025038
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64913
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12270
• http://osvdb.org/70833
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
• http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FGA-2011-04.html

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