CVE-2012-0001
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.22% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47356
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026493
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-001
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14758
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47356
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026493
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-001
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14758
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.