CVE-2011-0038

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
31.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: February 10, 2011 (5572 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse IEShims.dll in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Desktop directory that contains an HTML file, aka "Internet Explorer Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 support.avaya.com 🔗 www.fortiguard.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com