Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-1854
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 69.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
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
Products affected by CVE-2012-1854
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications:*
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk:*