CVE-2015-2370

high
Published 2015-07-14 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

The authentication implementation in the RPC subsystem in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and R2 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 does not prevent DCE/RPC connection reflection, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows RPC 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-37768 local windows
monoxgas ยท 2015-08-13

Microsoft Windows 8.1 - DCOM DCE/RPC Local NTLM Reflection Privilege Escalation (MS15-076)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

OS impact

windows Windows Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
r2 Affected โ€”
- Affected โ€”
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References

CWEs

CWE-264

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.