VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-0029

high
Published 2011-03-09 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.4

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 7.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .rdp file, aka "Remote Desktop Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
72%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
windows Windows Mixed 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
r2 Affected —
- Affected —
— Not affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftremote_desktop_connection_client5.2
windows microsoftremote_desktop_connection_client6.0
windows microsoftremote_desktop_connection_client7.0
windows microsoftremote_desktop_connection_client6.1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.