Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
CVE-2015-2535
Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service outage) by creating multiple machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.115 (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: 0.115 · newest: 0.115 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 — versions r2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033492 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-096 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2535?
- CVE-2015-2535 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-09-09.
- Is CVE-2015-2535 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.