CVE-2012-1854

CVE Enrichment

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH
EPSS: 20.87%
EPSS Percentile: 97.56%
CISA KEV: YES — Known Exploited Vulnerability

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.

Technical Details

CVSS Version: 3.1
CNA / NVD Source: [email protected]
Published: 11-Jul-2012 04:55
Last Modified: 17-Jun-2026 06:40
EPSS Date: 2026-11-05
CWE: CWE-426

CVSS Vector


            CVSS:3.1                            AV:L /
                            AC:L /
                            PR:N /
                            UI:R /
                            S:U /
                            C:H /
                            I:H /
                            A:H

CISA KEV Details

Date Added: 2026-04-13
Remediation Due: 2026-04-27
Known Ransomware Campaign Use: Unknown
Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1854

CNA Products / Version Status

n/a · n/a Source: CNA · [email protected]
Default status: unknown

n/a — affected

Affected Products / Versions

microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2003
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2007
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2007
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2010
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:-:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2010
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:-:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2010
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft / office Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 2010
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft / visual_basic_for_applications Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: *
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft / visual_basic_for_applications_sdk Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: *
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

Last enrichment sync: 06-Nov-2026 10:31
Sources: NVD · FIRST EPSS · CISA KEV
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Reported Context (1)

Other listed flaws affect Adobe Acrobat Reader (CVE-2020-9715), Windows CLFS driver (CVE-2023-36424), Host Process for Windows Tasks (CVE-2025-60710), and VBA library loading (CVE-2012-1854). CISA Adds Six Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog

CVE (5)

Malware (1)

Threat Actors (1)

Vendors (3)

Products (4)

Countries (1)

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