THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-5362
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5362

Windows 7 vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
14.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4669.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 7
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2020-02-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-5362

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 7 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5362.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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