Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0006

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0006.

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Mar 13, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
31.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0006: The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly handle objects in memory during record lookup, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via a crafted query, aka "DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/80005 http://secunia.com/advisories/48394 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52374 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026789 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-017 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15098 http://osvdb.org/80005 http://secunia.com/advisories/48394 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52374 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026789 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-017 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15098
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0006 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.