Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-1873

RCE

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-1873.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Jun 16, 2011
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
18.70%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-1873: win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 on 64-bit platforms does not properly validate pointers during the parsing of OpenType (aka OTF) fonts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file, aka "Win32k OTF Validation Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/44893 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48183 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025638 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-041 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67732 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12725 http://secunia.com/advisories/44893 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48183 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025638 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-041 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67732 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12725
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-1873 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.