CVE record · 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…

CVSS 7.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.21 · 97th percentile

Critical, because:

In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 13 Apr 2026: it is known to be exploited.
CVSS score 7.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.21 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 10 Jul 2012, 21:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given	affected n/a

Identifiers: CVE-2012-1854
CNA: microsoft
Weakness (CWE): CWE-426
Tags: CWE-426
Published: 10 Jul 2012
Updated: 14 Apr 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Listed since 13 Apr 2026: known to be exploited.
EPSS 0.21, the 97th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Jul 2012. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html third-party-advisorycert
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14950 vdb-entrysignatureoval
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-046 vendor-advisoryms

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