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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14758 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51296 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/47356 (third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-001 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
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.