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CVE-2012-0158

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2012-04-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX

Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution, allowing an attacker to take complete control of an affected system under the context of the current user.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2022-05-03
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0158
Status
Analyzed
Published
2012-04-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in the Common Controls in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2003 Web Components SP3; SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005 SP4, and 2008 SP2, SP3, and R2; BizTalk Server 2002 SP1; Commerce Server 2002 SP4, 2007 SP2, and 2009 Gold and R2; Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP2; and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow 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 RCE Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft office 2003 • microsoft office 2007 • microsoft office 2010 • microsoft office web components 2003 • microsoft sql server 2000 • microsoft sql server 2005 • microsoft sql server 2008 • microsoft sql server 2008 r2 • microsoft biztalk server 2002 • microsoft commerce server 2002 • microsoft commerce server 2007 • microsoft commerce server 2009 • microsoft commerce server 2009 r2 • microsoft visual basic 6.0 • microsoft visual foxpro 8.0 • microsoft visual foxpro 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References