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CVE-2012-0158: Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 100.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: 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 products

• Microsoft Biztalk Server: 2002-sp1
• Microsoft Commerce Server: 2002-sp4, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Commerce Server 2009: r2
• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2, 2007-sp3, 2010, 2010-sp1
• Microsoft Office Web Components: 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Sql Server 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Sql Server 2005: all versions
• Microsoft Sql Server 2008: r2, r2-sp1
• Microsoft Visual Basic: 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Foxpro: 8.0-sp1, 9.0-sp2

References

• http://opensources.info/comment-on-the-curious-case-of-a-cve-2012-0158-exploit-by-chris-pierce/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52911
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026899
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026900
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026902
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026903
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026904
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026905
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-027
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74372
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15462

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