Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-3402

RCE CISA KEV Active

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-3402.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 04, 2011
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
78.29%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-3402: Unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing engine in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted font data in a Word document or web page, as exploited in the wild in November 2011 by Duqu, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/the-day-of-the-golden-jackal-%E2%80%93-further-tales-of-the-stuxnet-files http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/11/03/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2639658.aspx http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Duqu+Mitigation/11950 http://secunia.com/advisories/49121 http://secunia.com/advisories/49122 http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2639658 http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193197/The_Mystery_of_Duqu_Part_Two http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039 http://www.symantec.com/connect/w32-duqu_status-updates_installer-zero-day-exploit http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_duqu_the_precursor_to_the_next_stuxnet.pdf http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-291-01E.pdf https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13998 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15290 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15645 http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/the-day-of-the-golden-jackal-%E2%80%93-further-tales-of-the-stuxnet-files http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/11/03/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2639658.aspx http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Duqu+Mitigation/11950 http://secunia.com/advisories/49121 http://secunia.com/advisories/49122 http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2639658 http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193197/The_Mystery_of_Duqu_Part_Two http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039 http://www.symantec.com/connect/w32-duqu_status-updates_installer-zero-day-exploit http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_duqu_the_precursor_to_the_next_stuxnet.pdf http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-291-01E.pdf https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13998 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15290 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15645 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-3402
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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-2011-3402 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 updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.