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CVE-2011-3402

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing engine in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted font data in a Word document or web page, as exploited in the wild in November 2011 by Duqu, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published11/4/2011

Last Modified4/22/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductWindows

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2025-10-06

Remediation Due Date2025-10-27

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

microsoft:windows_7microsoft:windows_server_2003microsoft:windows_server_2008microsoft:windows_vistamicrosoft:windows_xp

References

http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/the-day-of-the-golden-jackal-%E2%80%93-further-tales-of-the-stuxnet-files(secure@microsoft.com)

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/11/03/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2639658.aspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Duqu+Mitigation/11950(secure@microsoft.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49121(secure@microsoft.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49122(secure@microsoft.com)

http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2639658(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193197/The_Mystery_of_Duqu_Part_Two(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.symantec.com/connect/w32-duqu_status-updates_installer-zero-day-exploit(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_duqu_the_precursor_to_the_next_stuxnet.pdf(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-291-01E.pdf(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13998(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15290(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15645(secure@microsoft.com)

http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/the-day-of-the-golden-jackal-%E2%80%93-further-tales-of-the-stuxnet-files(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/11/03/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2639658.aspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Duqu+Mitigation/11950(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49121(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49122(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2639658(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193197/The_Mystery_of_Duqu_Part_Two(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.symantec.com/connect/w32-duqu_status-updates_installer-zero-day-exploit(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_duqu_the_precursor_to_the_next_stuxnet.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-291-01E.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13998(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15290(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15645(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-3402(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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