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."

Published 2015-08-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-080 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033238 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)