{"id":"CVE-2011-0562","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-0562","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:49:59.513Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a different…","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0570 and CVE-2011-0588.","published":"2011-02-10T18:00:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:27:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["adobe/acrobat reader","adobe/acrobat"],"epss":{"score":0.00673,"percentile":0.5182,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43470","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2011-02-11-1-PUB.txt","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0301.html","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516399/100/0/threaded","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46252","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0492","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12555","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43470","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2011-02-11-1-PUB.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0301.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516399/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46252","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0492","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12555","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0562","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}