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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0174

Original release date:05/09/2012

Last revised:01/30/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Windows Firewall in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce firewall rules for outbound broadcast packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by observing broadcast traffic on a local network, aka "Windows Firewall Bypass Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:1.7 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 3.1

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Per http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-032 "An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability." "In order to use this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain access to the local subnet of the target computer. An attacker could then use another vulnerability to acquire information about the target system or execute code on the target system."

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA12-129A

Name: TA12-129A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027044

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027044

External Source: MS

Name: MS12-032

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-032

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49114