CVE-2012-1854KEV · OVERDUE
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability
High · published July 10, 2012
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Confirmed exploited, and the score agrees
CVSS calls it high at 7.8. It is confirmed in active exploitation. It sits in the 97.5th percentile for exploit probability.
178
days past CISA
deadline
What it is
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.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.20867 · 97.5th percentile
- Published
- 2012-07-10T21:00Z
- KEV added
- 2026-04-13 · due 2026-04-27
EPSS history
Timeline
13 APR 00:00Z
Added to CISA KEV — remediate by Apr 27
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10 JUL 21:00Z
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…
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