{"id":"CVE-2012-1854","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1854","summary":"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…","details":"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.","published":"2012-07-10T21:55:05.587","modified":"2026-06-16T23:40:25.993","cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.21028,"percentile":0.97407,"asOf":"2026-09-08"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-06-16T23:40:25.993"}}