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CVE-2012-1854CVSS 7.8CISA KEVWindows
CVE-2012-1854: Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability
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 privilege...
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- EPSS
- 97.27%
- Known exploited
- yes
- Product
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
What is known
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.