CVE-2012-0178

Windows Partition Manager - Local Privilege Escalation via Plug and Play Configuration Manager Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in partmgr.sys in Windows Partition Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes multiple simultaneous Plug and Play (PnP) Configuration Manager function calls, aka "Plug and Play (PnP) Configuration Manager Vulnerability."

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53378
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49115
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027043
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/81735
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 signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15229

Scores

EPSS 0.0159
EPSS Percentile 73.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/windows_7 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_vista sp2
Published May 09, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026