CVE-2012-0009: Microsoft Windows Server 2003

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 17.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Windows Object Packager configuration in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a file with an embedded packaged object, aka "Object Packager Insecure Executable Launching Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2012-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.