CVE-2012-0016
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Expression Design; Expression Design SP1; and Expression Design 2, 3, and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .xpr or .DESIGN file, aka "Expression Design Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | expression_design | - | |
| microsoft | expression_design | 2 | |
| microsoft | expression_design | 3 | |
| microsoft | expression_design | 4 | |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14973
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14973
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.