CVE-2015-2546 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on September 9, 2015
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Win32k Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. The kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows OS and Server allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 5, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2015-2546 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.
CVE-2015-2546 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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