CVE-2011-5156: Sowsoft Effective File Search

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Effective File Search 6.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ztvunrar36.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .efs file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

• Sowsoft Effective File Search: version 6.7 only

Published 2012-09-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.