CVE-2011-0032 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

Untrusted search path vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current work

01What is this vulnerability?

Untrusted search path vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms), Windows Recorded TV…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2011-03-09T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-06T21:43:14.226Z

09References

• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025170
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0615
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-067A.html
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/43626
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46682
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-01…
• osvdb.org — http://osvdb.org/71015