CVE-2012-2556

published 2012-12-12

CVE-2012-2556: The OpenType Font (OTF) driver in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008…

Priority P2 60 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C C I C A C

The OpenType Font (OTF) driver in the kernel-mode drivers 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, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font file, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_server_2008	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Detect delivery of specially crafted OpenType font files targeting the Windows kernel-mode OTF driver (win32k.sys) ↗
• → Monitor for suspicious OpenType font file (.otf) parsing activity originating from remote/untrusted sources on affected Windows platforms (XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2/R2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Server 2012, Windows RT) ↗

• · Vulnerability resides in the kernel-mode drivers component; exploitation occurs at kernel level via the OpenType Font (OTF) driver, meaning successful exploitation grants kernel-level code execution privileges. ↗

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