CVE-2012-0174

Windows Firewall in tcpip.sys - Information Disclosure via Outbound Broadcast Packet Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Windows 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."

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53352
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15160
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027044
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75128
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49114
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/81730

Scores

EPSS 0.0502
EPSS Percentile 91.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/windows_7 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
Published May 09, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026