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This flaw affects old Microsoft Office and VBA components. A user opening a document from a risky folder could cause Office to load a malicious DLL from that folder, giving the attacker the user’s privileges. It is in CISA KEV and was reported as exploited in July 2012. Exposure is most likely where legacy Office or VBA runtimes remain installed, especially on workstations that open documents from shared folders, removable media, downloads, or other untrusted working directories. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item with high urgency where affected Office/VBA systems remain. KEV status means regulators and attackers both recognize real-world exploitation history. Mitigation focus: Apply Microsoft MS12-046 guidance and security updates where the products are still supported.; Retire or isolate unsupported Office and VBA installations that cannot receive the update.; Review Summit VBA SDK exposure against vendor and Microsoft guidance..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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7.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14950CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- MS12-046CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-046CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1854CVE reference · government-resource
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