CVE-2012-0178: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.2. 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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version; version sp2 only

Published 2012-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.