CVE-2012-1854
high · 7.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | office | 2003 |
| microsoft | office | 2007 |
| microsoft | office | 2007 |
| microsoft | office | 2010 |
| microsoft | office | 2010 |
| microsoft | office | 2010 |
| microsoft | office | 2010 |
| microsoft | visual_basic_for_applications | all versions |
| microsoft | visual_basic_for_applications_sdk | all versions |
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References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854
Query this programmatically:
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