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CVE-2015-0006

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not perform mutual authentication to determine a domain connection, which allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended permissive configuration by spoofing DNS and LDAP responses on a local network, aka "NLA Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/62098
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62184
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71930
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99521
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99522
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62098
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62184
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71930
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99521
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99522

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