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CVE-2011-1247

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Active Accessibility component in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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, aka "Active Accessibility Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (6)

Microsoft — Windows 2003 ServerMicrosoft — Windows 7Microsoft — Windows Server 2003Microsoft — Windows Server 2008Microsoft — Windows VistaMicrosoft — Windows XP

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