CVE-2012-0009 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, allowing local privilege escalation through a Trojan horse executable. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is a critical vulnerability, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited with medium attack complexity. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently reported, its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score suggest a significant potential for future exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| 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_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.