CVE-2012-0148
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 - Privilege Escalation via AfdPoll Input Validation
Title source: llmDescription
afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver 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 on 64-bit platforms does not properly validate user-mode input passed to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "AfdPoll Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-009
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14852
Scores
EPSS
0.0166
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_7
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_xp
Published
Feb 14, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026