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....
MediumCVSS 6.9
EPSS 20.9%
CISA KEV
added 2026-04-13 · due 2026-04-27
Exploited in the wild
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild (confirmed)
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.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2026-04-13
- Due date (FCEB)
- 2026-04-27
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft office | = 2003-sp3 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2007-sp2 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2007-sp3 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2010 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2010-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft visual basic for applications | All versions | No fix listed |
| Microsoft visual basic for applications sdk | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- TA12-192A third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- MS12-046 mitigation vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14950 broken-link signature vdb-entry
- learn.microsoft.com mitigation vendor-advisory
- www.cisa.gov government-resource us-government-resource