Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-1701 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	74245
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2015-1701
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Apr 18 2015 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 15 2015 12:42AM
Credit:	FireEye
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-1701 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Successful exploits will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-1701 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The researcher who discovered this issue has created a proof-of-concept. Please see the references for more information.

The following exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/74245.rb

Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-1701 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Windows Homepage (Microsoft )
  
• Russia use unpatched CVE-2015-1701 in highly-targeted attack (reddit)
  
• Russian hackers exploit Flash, Windows flaws to spy on diplomats (FireEye)
  
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-051 - Important (Microsoft)