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CVE-2012-0016

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 21.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-03-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Expression Design; Expression Design SP1; and Expression Design 2, 3, and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .xpr or .DESIGN file, aka "Expression Design Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Expression Design: 2, 3, 4

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-022
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14973
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-022
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14973

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