CVE-2012-1856
Microsoft Office: MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2012-1856 in Microsoft Office is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.72Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.49 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) document or (2) web page that triggers system-state corruption.
CISA's 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."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 15 August 2012
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-94
- Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Office: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-3333Stack-based Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.89 | ||
| CVE-2016-3235OLE DLL Side Loading | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.43 | ||
| CVE-2017-11882Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2026-21509Security Feature Bypass | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.71 | 0.71 | ||
| CVE-2009-0556PowerPoint Code Injection | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2023-23397Outlook Privilege Escalation | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.97 | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2009-0563Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
| CVE-2013-1331Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.80 | 0.80 | ||
| CVE-2015-2545Malformed EPS File | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.86 | 0.86 | ||
| CVE-2016-7193Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.58 | 0.58 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org