CVE-2011-5158

Exp

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the DMTGUI2.EXE and DvInesLogFileViewer.Exe components in DATEV Grundpaket Basis CD23.20 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) DVBSKNLANG101.dll or (2) DvZediTermSrvInfo004.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .dmt, .adl, .c02, .dof, or .jrf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2012-09-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-5158 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.63% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5158

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5158

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 0.37% 2.00% +1.63%
2 2026-05-09 0.45% 0.37% -0.09%
3 2026-02-12 0.45%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5158

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5158

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2011-5158

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
datev grundpaket_basis cd23.20 cpe:2.3:a:datev:grundpaket_basis:cd23.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5158

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42940 Third Party Advisory
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2010-010.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence