CVE-2011-5155 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-5155

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Help & Manual 5.5.1 Build...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

helpandmanual

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Affected Software

help \& manual
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 6th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.