CVE-2007-6753: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Shell32.dll in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7, when using an environment configured with a string such as %APPDATA% or %PROGRAMFILES% in a certain way, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL under the current working directory, as demonstrated by iTunes and Safari.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2012-03-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.