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CVE-2015-6126

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 74th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.07.2HighEPSS percentile74th1.6% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Race condition in the Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application, aka "Windows PGM UAF Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS74th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

1.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 74th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 3851 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

And 6 more affected products. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Scored 7.2 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector LocalRequires local access
  • Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
  • Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
  • Integrity CompleteAll data can be modified
  • Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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