Description
This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2012-1856, which has a HIGH severity rating. The TabStrip ActiveX control in the Common Controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2010 SP1, SQL Server 2000 SP4, SQL Server 2005 SP4, SQL Server 2008 SP2, SP3, R2, R2 SP1, and R2 SP2, Commerce Server 2002 SP4, Commerce Server 2007 SP2, Commerce Server 2009 Gold and R2, Host Integration Server 2004 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1, Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allows remote cyberattackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) document or (2) web page that triggers system-state corruption, aka MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability.
Stats
- First seen
- February 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
CVEs
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2012-1856 |
| Document-RTF.Exploit.CVE-2012-1856 |
| Document-Word.Exploit.CVE-2012-1856 |
| Document-XML.Exploit.CVE-2012-1856 |
| Exploit.CVE-2012-1856.Gen |
| Exploit.CVE-2012-1856.Gen:0FF73 |
| Exploit.CVE-2012-1856.Gen:20A94 |
| Exploit.CVE-2012-1856.Gen:23C17 |
| Exploit.CVE-2012-1856.Gen:2F158 |
| Exploit.CVE-2012-1856.Gen:6C42D |