SMB: Microsoft Windows Mail and Meeting Space Insecure Library Loading

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Windows Mail and Meeting Space. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Windows Mail and Windows Meeting Space in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .eml or .wcinv file, aka "Windows Mail Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Microsoft windows_server_2008

References

CVE: CVE-2011-2016

Short Name
SMB:FILE:MS-MAIL-AND-MEETNG-LLB
Severity
Critical
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
SMB
Keywords
CVE-2011-2016 Insecure Library Loading Mail Meeting Microsoft Space Windows and
Release Date
01/05/2023
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3659
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Microsoft

CVSS Score

9.3

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