CVE-2012-0005 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges via a crafted application on Windows systems using specific Asian locales due to uninitialized memory access in CSRSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0005?
CVE-2012-0005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 10 Jan 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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."
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0005?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-0005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6856-cm3x-88m8.