CVE-2011-2100 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the working directory, requiring user interaction to launch the application.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2011-2100?

CVE-2011-2100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 16 Jun 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2100?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2100?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-2100 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5v76-c58x-48cc.

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