CVE-2012-1854
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-426
- EPSS score
- 20.9% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- Yes, added April 13, 2026
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1864)
- Published
- July 10, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability
Added to the KEV catalog on April 13, 2026; federal remediation due April 27, 2026.
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1864 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on April 14, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / visual basic for applications
- microsoft / visual basic for applications sdk
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html(US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046(Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046(Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950(Broken Link)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854(US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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