CVE-2012-1854

HighCVSS 7.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 10, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
Apr 13, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2012-1854: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix