CVE-2012-0001

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0001
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-10 21:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly load structured exception handling tables, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the SafeSEH security feature by leveraging a Visual C++ .NET 2003 application, aka "Windows Kernel SafeSEH Bypass Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 x86 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All sp2 x32 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All sp2 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 All itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 All x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 professional_x64 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Windows Kernel Lets Local Users Bypass the SafeSEH Security Feature - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-001 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2012-0001 SafeSEH Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0917-1: important: MozillaThunderbi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
US-CERT Alert TA12-010A - Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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