First published: Thu Feb 10 2011(Updated: )
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."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
Internet Explorer | =8 | |
Any of | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Internet Explorer | =8 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 |
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CVE-2011-0038 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to allow local users to gain elevated privileges.
To fix CVE-2011-0038, ensure that you apply the latest security updates provided by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 8.
The impact of CVE-2011-0038 is that it could allow an attacker to execute malicious code with elevated privileges on the system.
CVE-2011-0038 affects local users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 who can place a malicious IEShims.dll file in the current working directory.
CVE-2011-0038 specifically affects Internet Explorer version 8 running on various Windows platforms.