Security bypass in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2015-2465

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5670

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2465

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerabiity allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper validation and enforcement of impersonation levels by Windows shell. A local attacker can create a specially crafted application, execute it on the system, bypass impersonation-level security and gain elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation on the vulnerable system.

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-080.aspx

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