Is CVE-2012-1661 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-1661 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-1661?

CVE-2012-1661 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-1661?

CVE-2012-1661 has an EPSS score of 23.83% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-1661

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-94Code Injection

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

23.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113644/ESRI-ArcMap-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~joecohen/exploits/CVE-2012-1661/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19138
http://www.osvdb.org/82986
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027170

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.