CVE-2012-0005 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in specific versions of Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008, particularly when using Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locales. It allows local users to gain privileges through a crafted application by exploiting CSRSS's access to uninitialized memory during Unicode character processing. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.