Description
The CBC mode in the TLS protocol, as used in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and other products, allows remote web servers to obtain plaintext data by triggering multiple requests to a third-party HTTPS server and sniffing the network during the resulting HTTPS session, aka "TLS Protocol Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-049
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15644
Scores
EPSS
0.1382
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_7
(3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp
(2 CPE variants)
Published
Jul 10, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026