CVE-2012-0008
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse add-in in an unspecified directory, aka "Visual Studio Add-In Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0049)
- Published
- March 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0049 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / visual studio
- microsoft / visual studio
- microsoft / visual studio
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48396
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52329
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026792
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html(US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73537
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15081
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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