CVE-2012-0178

no score yetEPSS 1.6%

microsoft: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 75% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2012-05-09
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:windows_7
microsoft:windows_server_2008
microsoft:windows_vista

References

http://osvdb.org/81735
http://secunia.com/advisories/49115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53378
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027043
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

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