CVE-2012-0178

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in partmgr.sys in Windows Partition Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes multiple simultaneous Plug and Play (PnP) Configuration Manager function calls, aka "Plug and Play (PnP) Configuration Manager Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: May 9, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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