CVE-2012-0151

CVE-2012-0151 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 22, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

The Authenticode Signature Verification function 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 Windows 8 Consumer Preview does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified file with additional content, aka "WinVerifyTrust Signature Validation Vulnerability."

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://osvdb.org/81135
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48581
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026906
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-024
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15594
• http://osvdb.org/81135
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48581