CVE-2012-0008

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse add-in in an unspecified directory, aka "Visual Studio Add-In Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio: 2008-sp1, 2010, 2010-sp1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48396
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52329
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026792
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-021
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73537
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15081
http://secunia.com/advisories/48396
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52329
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026792
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-021

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