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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| 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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950 | Broken Link |
| 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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950 | Broken Link |
| https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854 | US Government Resource |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
No history.
Information
Published : 2012-07-10 21:55
Updated : 2026-06-16 23:40
NVD link : CVE-2012-1854
Mitre link : CVE-2012-1854
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-1854
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Products Affected
microsoft
- visual_basic_for_applications
- visual_basic_for_applications_sdk
- office
CWE