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.
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Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
13 Apr 2026, 18:16
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 6.9
v3 : 7.8 |
| CWE | CWE-426 | |
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21 Nov 2024, 01:37
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| References | () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html - US Government Resource | |
| References | () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046 - | |
| References | () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950 - |
Information
Published : 2012-07-10 21:55
Updated : 2026-04-13 18:16
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_sdk
- visual_basic_for_applications
- office
CWE
