CVE-2012-1889

unknown KEV

Published 2022-06-08 · Modified 2022-06-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

Microsoft XML Core Services contains a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow for remote code execution.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: XML Core Services
Due date: 2022-06-22

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-19186 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-06-16

Microsoft XML Core Services - MSXML Uninitialized Memory Corruption (MS12-043) (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/msxml_get_definition_code_exec rank 400

MS12-043 Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML Uninitialized Memory Corruption

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1889

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.