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CVE-2012-0158

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

Description

The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in the Common Controls in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2003 Web Components SP3; SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005 SP4, and 2008 SP2, SP3, and R2; BizTalk Server 2002 SP1; Commerce Server 2002 SP4, 2007 SP2, and 2009 Gold and R2; Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP2; and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) web site, (b) Office document, or (c) .rtf file that triggers "system state" corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2012, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE 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

Published4/10/2012

Last Modified4/22/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductMSCOMCTL.OCX

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2022-05-03

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

microsoft:biztalk_servermicrosoft:commerce_servermicrosoft:commerce_server_2009microsoft:officemicrosoft:office_web_componentsmicrosoft:sql_server_2000microsoft:sql_server_2005microsoft:sql_server_2008microsoft:visual_basicmicrosoft:visual_foxpro

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94CWE-94

References

http://opensources.info/comment-on-the-curious-case-of-a-cve-2012-0158-exploit-by-chris-pierce/(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52911(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026899(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026900(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026902(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026903(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026904(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026905(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.html(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-027(secure@microsoft.com)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74372(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15462(secure@microsoft.com)

http://opensources.info/comment-on-the-curious-case-of-a-cve-2012-0158-exploit-by-chris-pierce/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52911(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026899(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026900(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026902(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026903(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026904(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026905(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-027(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74372(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15462(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-0158(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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