Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2015-1701. The attack requires local access. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 04/18/2015 by Dan Caselden, Yasir Khalid, James “Tom” Bennett, GenWei Jiang, Corbin Souffrant, Joshua Homan, Jonathan Wrolstad, Chris Phillips and Darien Kindlund with FireEye as MS15-051 / Operation RussianDoll: Adobe & Windows Zero-Day Exploits Likely Leveraged by Russia’s APT28 in Highly-Targeted Attack / MS15-051 as confirmed article (Blog). The advisory is shared for download at fireeye.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-1701 since 02/17/2015. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by hfiref0x in Ruby and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at fireeye.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83370 (MS15-051: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3057191)), 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 91049 (Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities (MS15-051)). This issue was added on 03/03/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 03/24/2022:

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Upgrading to version 8, 8.1 or Server 2012 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS15-051 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (102502), Exploit-DB (37049), Zero-Day.cz (189), Tenable (83370) and SecurityFocus (BID 74245†). Additional details are provided at github.com. See VDB-75330, VDB-75331, VDB-75332 and VDB-75333 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 83370
Nessus Name: MS15-051: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3057191)
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MetaSploit ID: ms15_051_client_copy_image.rb
MetaSploit Name: Windows ClientCopyImage Win32k Exploit
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 8/8.1/Server 2012
Patch: MS15-051
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-051 / Operation RussianDoll: Adobe & Windows Zero-Day Exploits Likely Leveraged by Russia’s APT28 in Highly-Targeted Attack / MS15-051
Researcher: Dan Caselden, Yasir Khalid, James “Tom” Bennett, GenWei Jiang, Corbin Souffrant, Joshua Homan, Jonathan Wrolstad, Chris Phillips, Darien Kindlund
Organization: FireEye
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CVE: CVE-2015-1701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75028

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X-Force: 102502 - Microsoft Windows system token privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 74245 - Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-1701 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032155 - Microsoft Windows Unspecified Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Sysytem Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 50055 - [MS15-051] Microsoft Windows Multiple Versions Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability - CVE-2015-1701, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2015 16:07
Updated: 09/09/2024 22:29
Changes: 04/21/2015 16:07 (85), 04/07/2017 14:36 (11), 05/09/2022 14:00 (2), 05/09/2022 14:05 (1), 04/23/2024 10:20 (23), 07/09/2024 08:25 (2), 07/17/2024 00:12 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1)
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