CVE-2012-1854
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jul 10, 2012
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 22, 2012
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in VBE6.dll in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); and Summit Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications SDK allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .docx file, aka "Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in July 2012.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- TA12-192Athird-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14950vdb-entrysignature
- MS12-046vendor-advisory
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854government-resource
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