CVE-2011-3402

Published Nov 4, 2011 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 78.1% KEV · Listed
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."

Remediation

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Advisories

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References
Link Providers
http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/the-day-of-the-golden-jackal-%E2%80%93-further-tales-of-the-stuxnet-files cve-icon cve-icon
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/11/03/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2639658.aspx cve-icon cve-icon
http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Duqu+Mitigation/11950 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/49121 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/49122 cve-icon cve-icon
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2639658 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193197/The_Mystery_of_Duqu_Part_Two cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.symantec.com/connect/w32-duqu_status-updates_installer-zero-day-exploit cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_duqu_the_precursor_to_the_next_stuxnet.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-291-01E.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087 cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034 cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13998 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15290 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15645 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-3402 cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2025-10-27T00:00:00+00:00'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
microsoft
Published
Updated
Oct 22, 2025, 12:05 AM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Nov 4, 2011, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:33 PM