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CVE-2011-1975

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 42.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Data Access Tracing component in Windows Data Access Components (Windows DAC) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows 7 Gold and SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains an Excel .xlsx file, aka "Data Access Components Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-059
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12936
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-059
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12936

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