microsoft visual-foxpro CVE-2012-1856 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on August 15, 2012

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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."

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Office MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2012-1856 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.


Products Associated with CVE-2012-1856

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Microsoft Visual Foxpro
 
Microsoft Commerce Server
 
Microsoft Office
 
Microsoft SQL Server
 
Microsoft Host Integration Server
 
Microsoft Visual Basic
 
Microsoft Office Web Components
 

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2012-1856?