Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-1980

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .doc, .ppt, or .xls file, aka "Office Component Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

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Affected products

Microsoft/Office3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2

Patches

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References

www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-073nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12694nvd

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