Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0179

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0179.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date May 09, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.61%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0179: Double free vulnerability in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that binds an IPv6 address to a local interface, aka "TCP/IP Double Free Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/81729 http://secunia.com/advisories/49114 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53349 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027044 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-032 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14908 http://osvdb.org/81729 http://secunia.com/advisories/49114 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53349 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027044 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-032 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14908
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0179 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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.