The Microsoft Office Input Method Editor (IME) for Simplified Chinese in Microsoft Pinyin IME 2010, Office Pinyin SimpleFast Style 2010, and Office Pinyin New Experience Style 2010 does not properly restrict access to configuration options, which allows local users to gain privileges via the Microsoft Pinyin (aka MSPY) IME toolbar, aka "Pinyin IME Elevation Vulnerability."
CVE-2011-2010 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from microsoft, from microsoft, from microsoft organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2011-12-14T00:55:01.247
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | microsoft | pinyin_ime | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | pinyin_ime | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | pinyin_new_experience_style | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | pinyin_new_experience_style | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | pinyin_simple_fast_style | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | pinyin_simple_fast_style | 2010 | Yes |
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