CVE-2012-1854

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.

Severity scores

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• 7.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

• Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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Affected products

Timeline

1. 10 Jul 2012 Published
2. 13 Apr 2026 CVE-2012-1854 added to CISA KEV
3. 13 Apr 2026 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

• CWE-426

References

• TA12-192Athird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14950vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• MS12-046vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS