CVE-2011-5155

MEDIUM 6.3CVE-2011-5155 · Published 06/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-5155 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability affecting help & manual (helpandmanual).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.71%, higher than 53.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
help & manual helpandmanual	`= 5.5.1`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/44170 · Vendor Advisory
zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2011-5009.php

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