Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7
CVE-2012-0001
The kernel 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 does not properly load structured exception handling tables, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the SafeSEH security feature by leveraging a Visual C++ .NET 2003 application, aka "Windows Kernel SafeSEH Bypass Vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.096 (95.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_server_2003
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0001?
- CVE-2012-0001 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7. Published 2012-01-10.
- Is CVE-2012-0001 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.