CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on April 10, 2012
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) web site, (b) Office document, or (c) .rtf file that triggers "system state" corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2012, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2012-0158 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2012-0158 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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