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High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-2016

CVE-2011-2016

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Windows Mail and Windows Meeting Space in Microsoft 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, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .eml or .wcinv file, aka "Windows Mail Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows 73 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20085 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Mailllm-fuzzy
    Range: Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1
  • Microsoft/Windows Meeting Spacellm-fuzzy
    Range: Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1

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