CVE-2015-0004

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The User Profile Service (aka ProfSvc) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges by conducting a junction attack to load another user's UsrClass.dat registry hive, aka MSRC ID 20674 or "Microsoft User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

The User Profile Service (aka ProfSvc) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges by conducting a junction attack to load another user's UsrClass.dat registry hive, aka MSRC ID 20674 or "Microsoft User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-13 22:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 22:07:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows RT Gold

Microsoft Windows RT 8.1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

References

61927

71967

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=123

Exploit

MS15-003

ms-profsvc-cve20150004-priv-esc(99519)

win-ms15kb3021674-update(99520)

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