CVE-2012-1856

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

72.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-08-15 01:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-03-22

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f79173b067a89f897481fdf8461386568eb74a4035f5c807f373cae3d6418649

• docs.microsoft.comMS12-060https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-060vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15447https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15447vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.us-cert.govTA12-227Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.securityfocus.com54948http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54948vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1856government-resource