CVE-2011-1247 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1247?

CVE-2011-1247 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 12 Oct 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1247?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1247?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1247 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-1247 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1247 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

• CVE-2008-0015 Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1701 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-5065 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2011-1268 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1868 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5xr4-f845-39hv.