Actively exploited · Published Aug 15, 2012 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2012-1856

High 8.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Office from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 72.0% (higher than 99.4% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)72.0%top 0.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.

Official description

The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2010 SP1, SQL Server 2000 SP4, SQL Server 2005 SP4, SQL Server 2008 SP2, SP3, R2, R2 SP1, and R2 SP2, Commerce Server 2002 SP4, Commerce Server 2007 SP2, Commerce Server 2009 Gold and R2, Host Integration Server 2004 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1, Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) document or (2) web page that triggers system-state corruption, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability."

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

MS12-060 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15447 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
TA12-227A third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
54948 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1856 government-resource