CVE-2012-0148: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 on 64-bit platforms does not properly validate user-mode input passed to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "AfdPoll Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: affected versions not specified

Published 2012-02-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.