CVE-2015-0057

high
Published 2015-02-11 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.2

Description

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers 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 via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-37098 local windows
Sky lake ยท 2015-05-25

Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-010)

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EDB-39035 local windows_x86-64 verified
Jean-Jamil Khalife ยท 2015-12-18

Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 'win32k' Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-010)

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OS impact

windows Windows Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
r2 Affected โ€”
- Affected โ€”

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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