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CVE-2015-2527
published 2015-09-09

CVE-2015-2527: The process-initialization implementation in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2…

PriorityP342high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
7.04%
93.4th percentile
The process-initialization implementation in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 does not properly constrain impersonation levels, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftwindows_server_2012

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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