CVE-2011-2016 (GCVE-0-2011-2016)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-11-08 21:00 – Updated: 2025-06-04 15:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Windows Mail and Windows Meeting Space in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .eml or .wcinv file, aka "Windows Mail Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-04 15:46 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- NVD-CWE-Other
Assigner
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