National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0005

Overview

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locale is used, can access uninitialized memory during the processing of Unicode characters, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA12-010A

Name: TA12-010A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026495

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026495

External Source: BID

Name: 51270

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51270

External Source: MS

Name: MS12-003

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-003

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 47479

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/47479

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14879

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14879

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14879

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14879