CVE-2012-1854

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046

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