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CVE-2012-0005

CVE information

Published

12 years ago

Last Modified

4 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locale is used, can access uninitialized memory during the processing of Unicode characters, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.9/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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