- 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.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Products
- office, visual_basic_for_applications, visual_basic_for_applications_sdk
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.9
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Apr 13, 2026
- Exploit action due
- Apr 27, 2026
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- CWE-426
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
- Comment
- Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
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