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CVE-2012-1849

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, and 2010 Attendant allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .ocsmeet file, aka "Lync Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Lync Server: 2010

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14874
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14874

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