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CVE-2012-1661

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

ESRI ArcMap 9 and ArcGIS 10.0.2.3200 and earlier does not properly prompt users before executing embedded VBA macros, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary VBA code via a crafted map (.mxd) file.

Affected products

• Esri Arcmap: through 10.0.2.3200

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113644/ESRI-ArcMap-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.cs.umb.edu/~joecohen/exploits/CVE-2012-1661/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19138
• http://www.osvdb.org/82986
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027170
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113644/ESRI-ArcMap-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.cs.umb.edu/~joecohen/exploits/CVE-2012-1661/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19138
• http://www.osvdb.org/82986
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027170

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