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CVE-2012-1854
HIGHCISA KEV7.8
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score7.8
SeverityHIGH
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published7/10/2012
Last Modified4/22/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
CISA KEV
VendorMicrosoft
ProductVisual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability
KEV Date Added2026-04-13
Remediation Due Date2026-04-27
Ransomware UseUnknown
Affected Products
microsoft:officemicrosoft:visual_basic_for_applicationsmicrosoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-426
References
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html(secure@microsoft.com)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046(secure@microsoft.com)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950(secure@microsoft.com)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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