CVE-2012-0174

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0174
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-09 00:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionWindows Firewall in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce firewall rules for outbound broadcast packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by observing broadcast traffic on a local network, aka "Windows Firewall Bypass Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 x86 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-032 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Firewall CVE-2012-0174 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Windows TCP/IP Stack Lets Remote Users Bypass the Firewall and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/81730 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Alert TA12-129A - 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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