CVE-2012-0005
First published: Tue Jan 10 2012(Updated: )
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."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 |
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Reference Links
- 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
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows server 2003
- version/microsoft windows server 2003/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows server 2008
- version/microsoft windows server 2008/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows vista
- version/microsoft windows vista/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows xp
- version/microsoft windows xp/sp2
- version/microsoft windows xp/sp3