THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-0174
LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0174

Windows 7 vulnerability

CVSS
1.7
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Windows Firewall in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce firewall rules for outbound broadcast packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by observing broadcast traffic on a local network, aka "Windows Firewall Bypass Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 7
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2012-05-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0174

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 7 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0174.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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