{"cve":"CVE-2012-1854","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-10T21:55:05.587","modified":"2026-06-16T23:40:25.993","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-426"],"references":["http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046"],"products":["microsoft:office","microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications","microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1854","score":0.20867,"percentile":0.97551,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1854","date_added":"2026-04-13","due_date":"2026-04-27","vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}