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CVE-2012-1194

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The resolver in the DNS Server service in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 before R2 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: through -

References

• https://www.isc.org/files/imce/ghostdomain_camera.pdf
• https://www.isc.org/files/imce/ghostdomain_camera.pdf

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