THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-1870
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-1870

Windows 7 vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
9.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The CBC mode in the TLS protocol, as used in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and other products, allows remote web servers to obtain plaintext data by triggering multiple requests to a third-party HTTPS server and sniffing the network during the resulting HTTPS session, aka "TLS Protocol Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 7
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2012-07-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 9.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-1870

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 7 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-1870.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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