CVE-2012-0001

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

The kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly load structured exception handling tables, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the SafeSEH security feature by leveraging a Visual C++ .NET 2003 application, aka "Windows Kernel SafeSEH Bypass Vulnerability."

The kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly load structured exception handling tables, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the SafeSEH security feature by leveraging a Visual C++ .NET 2003 application, aka "Windows Kernel SafeSEH Bypass Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 13 years ago

2012-01-10 21:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-26 14:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows 7 x86 Service Pack 1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-Based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

r2

Windows Server 2008 R2 for 32-bit Systems

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 Service Pack 1 Itanium

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

r2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

References

openSUSE-SU-2012:0917

47356

51296

1026493

TA12-010A

US Government Resource

MS12-001

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14758

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