CVE-2015-0004

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0004
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-13 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-26 14:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Rt - gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Rt - gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2012 r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2012 r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - sp2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA61927 - Microsoft Windows User Profile Service Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Issue 123 - google-security-research - Windows Elevation of Privilege in User Profile Service - Google Security Research - Google Project Hosting MISC code.google.com Exploit
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-003 - Important | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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