CVE-2012-1854 (GCVE-0-2012-1854)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-10 21:00 – Updated: 2026-04-14 03:55Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-13 00:00 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
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| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-update… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Date Public
2012-07-10 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 5bcfae49-c2a1-49d8-a588-65ac74882fb9
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2026-04-13
Asserted: 2026-04-13
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability | Affected: Microsoft / Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) | Description: Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) contains an insecure library loading vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution. | 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. | Due date: 2026-04-27 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1854
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-426 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
| Due Date | 2026-04-27 |
| Date Added | 2026-04-13 |
| Vendorproject | Microsoft |
| Vulnerabilityname | Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-04-13 18:00 UTC
| Updated: 2026-04-13 18:00 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: cb402b5f-8aff-402e-8098-fa7bf416714c
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2012-07-10
Asserted: 2012-07-10
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: 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... | Affected: Microsoft / Office | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.21028 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | 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... |
| Vendor | Microsoft |
| Product | Office |
| Added Date | 2012-07-10T21:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.8 |
| Epss Score | 0.21028 |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | 0.97251 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev |
|
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:04 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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