CVE-2015-0006

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0006
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-13 22:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Network Location Awareness (NLA) service in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not perform mutual authentication to determine a domain connection, which allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended permissive configuration by spoofing DNS and LDAP responses on a local network, aka "NLA Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.1 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
None

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 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 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 Vista - sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-005 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Network Location Awareness CVE-2015-0006 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA62184 - Microsoft Windows Network Location Awareness Firewall Policy Security Bypass Weakness - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62098 - Microsoft Windows Network Location Awareness Firewall Policy Security Bypass Weakness - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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