Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10

CVE-2015-2465

The Windows shell in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, 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 "Windows Shell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

EPSS: 0.021 (79.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_10
Microsoft Windows_7
Microsoft Windows_8
Microsoft Windows_8.1
Microsoft Windows_rt
Microsoft Windows_rt_8.1
Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
Microsoft Windows_server_2012 — versions r2
Microsoft Windows_vista
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)