Improper input validation in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

CVE-2012-1865

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in 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 does not properly handle user-mode input passed to kernel mode for driver objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "String Atom Class Name Handling Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1864.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_2003_server
Microsoft Windows_7
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_server_2008
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)