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CVE-2012-0005

Published: Jan 10, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locale is used, can access uninitialized memory during the processing of Unicode characters, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

TA12-010A
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
1026495
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14879
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
51270
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MS12-003
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS
47479
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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