Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-0012. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. 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, and integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2015 with Microsoft as MS15-017 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-0012 since 11/18/2014. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of 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 81270 (MS15-017: Vulnerability in Virtual Machine Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3035898)), 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 91021 (Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (MS15-017)).

Applying the patch MS15-017 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 X-Force (100428), Tenable (81270), SecurityFocus (BID 72473†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031726†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48604†). Further details are available at isc.sans.edu. The entries VDB-69108, VDB-69109, VDB-69110 and VDB-69111 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
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Nessus ID: 81270
Nessus Name: MS15-017: Vulnerability in Virtual Machine Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3035898)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-017
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69162
X-Force: 100428
SecurityFocus: 72473 - Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager CVE-2015-0012 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031726
Vulnerability Center: 48604 - [MS15-017] Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Local Privilege Escalation due to Improper User Rules Validation, Medium

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Created: 02/11/2015 13:58
Updated: 12/03/2024 04:32
Changes: 02/11/2015 13:58 (68), 06/19/2017 08:45 (5), 03/10/2022 11:09 (3), 03/10/2022 11:17 (1), 12/03/2024 04:32 (16)
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