CVE-2011-5155

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5155
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-06 10:41:58 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Help & Manual 5.5.1 Build 1296 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ijl15.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .hmxz, .hmxp, .hmskin, .hmx, .hm3, .hpj, .hlp, or .chm file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.3 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Helpandmanual Help Manual 5.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zero Science Lab » Help & Manual Professional Edition 5.5.1 (ijl15.dll) DLL Hijacking Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zeroscience.mk
Help & Manual Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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