CVE-2012-0005

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."

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• 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

CWEs

CWE-264