MSRXVulnerabilities / CVE-2012-1854
CVE-2012-1854
Published 2012-07-10 · published (not yet in NVD)
CVE-2012-1854
Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-04-13, with a fix-by date of 2026-04-27. Patch it first.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
7.8 HIGH
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
21%
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 97% of CVEs)
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 97% of CVEs)
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
Affected products
- n/a n/a: n/a
3 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
Sources: CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.