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TI-2012-01638 Aliases CVE-2012-1854GHSA-77fm-4w36-vpp3

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VBE6.dll in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2…

Priority CRITICAL 93Exploited in the wildCWE-426Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2026-04-13CISA due date 2026-04-27
EPSS 0.20867 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

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

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*2003 sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*2007 sp2VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*2007 sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:-:*:*:*:*:x64:*2010VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:-:*:*:*:*:x86:*2010VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*2010 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*2010 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2007 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2007 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:-:*:*:*:*:x64:* Versions 2010 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:-:*:*:*:*:x86:* Versions 2010 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* Versions 2010 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:* Versions 2010 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-04-13 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1854
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77fm-4w36-vpp3

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

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  • TI-2015-02130 Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2015-01588 Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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