CVE-2012-1854

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 10, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeVisual Basic for ApplicationsVisual Basic for Applications SDK

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 21%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score20.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 20.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 98% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) contains an insecure library loading vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution.

Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Apr 13, 2026
Remediation Due
Apr 27, 2026
183 days overdue

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
NVD-CWE-OtherCWE-426

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