# 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 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2012-1854
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2026-04-13; CISA due date 2026-04-27
- EPSS: 20.87%
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2026-04-13)
- Weakness: CWE-426
- Published: 2012-07-10

## Affected

- microsoft:office
- microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications
- microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk

## References

- [advisory] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- [other] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950
- [advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046
- [advisory] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854

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