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."
Published: 2012-01-10
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: 3.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0046 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."
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows Xp
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:17.083Z

Reserved: 2011-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0005

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-01-10T21:55:03.837

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0005

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