CVE-2012-0016 (GCVE-0-2012-0016)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-03-13 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 18:09
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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."
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