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CVE-2012-1864

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Description

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle user-mode input passed to kernel mode for driver objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "String Atom Class Name Handling Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1865.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/12/2012

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windows_2003_servermicrosoft:windows_7microsoft:windows_server_2003microsoft:windows_server_2008microsoft:windows_vistamicrosoft:windows_xp

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-041(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15496(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-041(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15496(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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