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CVE-2012-1854

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Published: Jul 10, 2012Modified: Apr 22, 2026CISA KEV

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

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.

Affected (9)

3 products
Office
Visual Basic For Applications
Visual Basic For Applications Sdk
Configuration A
9 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Microsoft
Version 2003 sp3
Version 2007 sp2
Version 2007 sp3
Version 2010
Version 2010
Version 2010 sp1
Version 2010 sp1
All versions
All versions

References (8)

Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

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