RCE in Esri Arcmap
CVE-2012-1661
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.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.238 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.238 · newest: 0.238 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19138 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- packetstormsecurity.org/files/113644/ESRI-ArcMap-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html (Exploit)
- www.cs.umb.edu/~joecohen/exploits/CVE-2012-1661/ (Exploit)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/82986 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)