CVE-2012-0008

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2012-0008 · Published 13/03/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0008 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting visual studio (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
visual studio microsoft	`= 2008= 2010`	No fix yet

Description

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."

References

secunia.com/advisories/48396
securityfocus.com/bid/52329
securitytracker.com/id
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html · US Government Resource
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-021
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73537
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15081

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