Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0005

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0005.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Jan 10, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.80%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0005: 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."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/47479 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51270 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026495 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-003 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14879 http://secunia.com/advisories/47479 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51270 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026495 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-003 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14879
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0005 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.