CVE-2012-1854

high

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.

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046

https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-windows-adobe-acrobat-vulnerabilities/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/cisa-adds-6-known-exploited-flaws-in.html

https://securityaffairs.com/190775/security/u-s-cisa-adds-adobe-fortinet-microsoft-windows-microsoft-exchange-server-and-microsoft-windows-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/13/ransomware_gang_other_crims_attacking/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/04/13/cisa-adds-seven-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21028