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CVE-2012-1854

CVE-2012-1854HIGH

n/a n/a — Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .2103   97.5   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Mar 22  Reserved by microsoft
  Jul 10  Published (CNA: microsoft)
  Apr 13  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-04-27

CWE-426 · CNA: microsoft · CVSS v3.1 · 5 references · KEV due April 27, 2026

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
March 22, 2012	Reserved	Reserved by microsoft
July 10, 2012	Published	Published (CNA: microsoft)
April 13, 2026	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-04-27

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-426

References (5)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS]
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046 [vendor-advisory]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2012-1854 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-426

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