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TI-2012-00008 Aliases CVE-2012-0008GHSA-q9c6-m9p3-3gc7

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010…

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse add-in in an unspecified directory, aka "Visual Studio Add-In Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01424 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2008 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2010VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2010 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2010 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2010 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0008
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9c6-m9p3-3gc7

References

  • TI-2022-16266 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-03546 Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02381 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-00858 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-02389 Heap-based buffer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02388 Integer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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