CVE-2012-0005

Windows XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2 - Privilege Escalation via CSRSS Unicode Processing

Title source: llm

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."

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026495

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14879

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51270

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-003

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/47479

Scores

EPSS 0.0180

EPSS Percentile 76.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/windows_server_2003

microsoft/windows_server_2008 (3 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_vista

microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)

Published Jan 10, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026