CVE-2012-4774
Microsoft Windows - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Filename or Subfolder Name
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) file name or (2) subfolder name that triggers use of unallocated memory as the destination of a copy operation, aka "Windows Filename Parsing Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-081
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15901
Scores
EPSS
0.2077
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_7
(5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_xp
(2 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 12, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026