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Go to dashboardMicrosoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) loads libraries from insecure locations, so a crafted file or path can make it run attacker code. Exploitation gives an attacker code execution on the affected machine.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 5h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft office | vendor | = 2003 | – |
| microsoft office | vendor | = 2007 | – |
| microsoft office | vendor | = 2010 | – |
| microsoft visual basic for applications | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft visual basic for applications sdk |
| vendor |
| – |
| – |
Unknown from the sources.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable (per CISA KEV required action).
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
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.
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