CVE-2012-1889 KEV EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 83.5% (pctl 100)
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On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-22.
Description
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 83.52% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-06-22 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-06-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Microsoft XML Core Services Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-06-08 |
| Due | 2022-06-22 |
| Vendor / product | Microsoft / XML Core Services |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (15)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | expression web |
| microsoft | groove |
| microsoft | groove server |
| microsoft | office |
| microsoft | office compatibility pack |
| microsoft | office word viewer |
| microsoft | sharepoint server |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows 8 |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
| microsoft | xml core services |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft XML Core Services - MSXML Uninitialized Memory Corruption (MS12-043) (Metasploit) | 2012-06-16 |
References
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2719615
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-174A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15195
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2719615
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-174A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15195
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1889
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