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CVE-2012-1856

The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 200

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

This vulnerability affects Microsoft Office, Office Web Components, SQL Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Visual FoxPro, and the Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime through the TabStrip control in the MSCOMCTL.OCX library. An attacker could exploit it by tricking a user into opening a crafted document or visiting a malicious web page, allowing arbitrary code to run on the affected system.

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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."

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 4

docs.microsoft.com

oval.cisecurity.org

us-cert.gov

securityfocus.com