CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-0157
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-03-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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 window messaging, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that calls the PostMessage function, aka "PostMessage Function Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/80002 osvdb.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-018 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14217 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://osvdb.org/80002 osvdb.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-018 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14217 oval.cisecurity.org