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CVE-2012-0002

86
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0002 is a critical Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Windows versions, including XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Server 2003/2008. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted RDP packets that trigger memory corruption issues like use-after-free. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available through Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MS12-020 Microsoft Remote Desktop Use-After-Free DoS · Mar 16, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-18606 · Mar 16, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7410 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.quickheal.com / remote-desktop-protocol-vulnerability-cve-2012-0002-not-dead-yet
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-020
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14623
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
US Government Resource