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title: "Security digest: December 29, 2012"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/2012-12-29/
description: "December 29, 2012 vulnerability digest: 1 brief (IE CVE-2012-4792: 2012 Watering-Hole Zero-Day in…). What to patch and who can relax."
type: security-digest-day
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2012-12-29
date_modified: 2026-10-23
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# Security digest: December 29, 2012

1 editorial brief.

## Take stock

- Most can relax: IE CVE-2012-4792: 2012 Watering-Hole Zero-Day in KEV . Anyone still running Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, or Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 with IE 8, such as old kiosks, lab PCs or plant-floor workstations.
- None of it touches your stack? Then there is nothing to do today. That is a result, not a failure to read carefully.

## Editorial briefs

- **Most can relax** [IE CVE-2012-4792: 2012 Watering-Hole Zero-Day in KEV](https://erroneo.us/security/briefs/internet-explorer-cve-2012-4792-cbutton-use-after-free/index.md): This bug only affects IE 6, 7 and 8 and was patched in January 2013; the only real exposure is a forgotten legacy Windows machine, which should be isolated and replaced rather than patched bug by bug.

## Known exploited (CISA KEV)

None.

## Critical advisories

None.

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