Microsoft Windows up to Vista Cryptography Next Generation cng.sys information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file cng.sys of the component Cryptography Next Generation. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-0010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the file cng.sys of the component Cryptography Next Generation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 02/10/2015 by James Forshaw with Google Project Zero as MS15-010 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-0010 since 11/18/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81263 (MS15-010: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3036220)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91016 (Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-010)).

Applying the patch MS15-010 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 databases at Exploit-DB (37098), Tenable (81263), SecurityFocus (BID 72461†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031718†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48592†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. The entries VDB-69108, VDB-69109, VDB-69110 and VDB-69111 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 81263
Nessus Name: MS15-010: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3036220)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-010
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69149

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SecurityFocus: 72461 - Microsoft Windows Kernel 'cng.sys' CVE-2015-0010 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031718 - Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 48592 - [MS15-010] Microsoft Windows Local Security Bypass in the Kernel-Mode Drivers - CVE-2015-0010, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 02/11/2015 12:09
Updated: 06/13/2025 15:51
Changes: 02/11/2015 12:09 (72), 04/07/2017 14:56 (9), 03/10/2022 09:20 (3), 03/10/2022 09:25 (1), 03/10/2022 09:29 (1), 06/13/2025 15:51 (23)
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