Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-6753 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products

047910
CVSS 6.2 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
high complexity
microsoft

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Shell32.dll in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7, when using an environment configured with a string such as %APPDATA% or %PROGRAMFILES% in a certain way, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL under the current working directory, as demonstrated by iTunes and Safari. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'