CVE-2012-1864

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

12/06/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

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-2012-1865.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::sp2:itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x86:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::sp2:itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x86:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:::::*

CVE-2012-1864

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools