Windows Partition Manager Race Condition Vulnerability

CVE-2012-0178 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

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