CVE-2012-0008 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, a

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."

01What is this vulnerability?

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."

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2012-03-13T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-06T18:09:17.136Z

09References

• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/48396
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-02…
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73537
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52329
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026792