CVE-2007-6753

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6753
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-28 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows Environment Variable Expansion in PATH Security Bypass Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Environment Variable May Not Expand %APPDATA% to the Application Folder af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.microsoft.com
ACROS Security Blog: Breaking The SetDllDirectory Protection Against Binary Planting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.acrossecurity.com
Microsoft Windows Environment Variable Expansion Library Loading Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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