CVE-2011-5157

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Attachmate Reflection before 14.1 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a related issue to CVE-2011-0107. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2012-09-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5157 is rated Low Risk (39.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5157

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.40% +0.35%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5157

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5157

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2011-5157

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5157

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
attachmate reflection_for_hp 14.0 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_hp:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_hp 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_hp:14.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_ibm 14.0 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_ibm:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_ibm 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_ibm:14.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_regis_graphics_server 14.0 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_regis_graphics_server:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_regis_graphics_server 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_regis_graphics_server:14.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_unix_and_openvms 14.0 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_unix_and_openvms:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_for_unix_and_openvms 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_for_unix_and_openvms:14.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_x 14.0 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_x:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_x 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_x:14.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5157

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