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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Winsock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 11/10/2015 by Alex Ionescu with Winsider Seminars & Solutions Inc. as MS15-119 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2478 since 03/19/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86826 (MS15-119: Security Update for Winsock to Address Elevation of Privilege (3104521)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Applying the patch MS15-119 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86826). The entries 79185, 79184, 79183 and 79178 are pretty similar.
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Nessus ID: 86826
Nessus Name: MS15-119: Security Update for Winsock to Address Elevation of Privilege (3104521)
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Patch: MS15-119
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS15-119
Researcher: Alex Ionescu
Organization: Winsider Seminars & Solutions Inc.
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-2478 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034121
Vulnerability Center: 54287 - [MS15-119] Microsoft Windows Local Privilege Escalation via Winsock - CVE-2015-2478, High
SecurityFocus: 77478 - Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-2478 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 11/11/2015 17:04Updated: 06/27/2022 10:20
Changes: 11/11/2015 17:04 (59), 05/03/2019 06:55 (11), 06/27/2022 10:14 (3), 06/27/2022 10:20 (1)
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