{
    "id": "CVE-2012-1854",
    "published": "2012-07-10 21:55:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:40:25",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-426",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.21028",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97496",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2026-04-27",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:18:23",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-04-27."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "office"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "visual_basic_for_applications"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "visual_basic_for_applications_sdk"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2012-1854",
        "date_added": "2026-04-13",
        "due_date": "2026-04-27",
        "vendor": "Microsoft",
        "product": "Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)",
        "name": "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950",
        "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854"
    ]
}