CVE-2012-0016

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

13/03/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:4:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:expression_design:4:::::::*

CVE-2012-0016

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools