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CVE-2011-1980

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12694
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12694

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