CVE-2012-0178

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Race condition in partmgr.sys in Windows Partition Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes multiple simultaneous Plug and Play (PnP) Configuration Manager function calls, aka "Plug and Play (PnP) Configuration Manager Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2
Microsoft Windows Vista: sp2

References

http://osvdb.org/81735
http://secunia.com/advisories/49115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53378
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027043
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-033
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15229
http://osvdb.org/81735
http://secunia.com/advisories/49115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53378
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027043
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

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