Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7
CVE-2015-0006
The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not perform mutual authentication to determine a domain connection, which allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended permissive configuration by spoofing DNS and LDAP responses on a local network, aka "NLA Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.116 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.116 · newest: 0.116 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62184 (third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-005 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71930 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99522 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/62098 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99521 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-0006?
- CVE-2015-0006 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-01-13.
- Is CVE-2015-0006 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.