How severe is CVE-2011-5158?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 9.3 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2011-5158?

This is classified as CWE-426, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2011-5158 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 9.3

Vulnerability Description

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.

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