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CVE-2015-0009

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

The Group Policy Security Configuration policy implementation in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to disable a signing requirement and trigger a revert-to-default action by spoofing domain-controller responses, aka "Group Policy 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: 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://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/02/10/ms15-011-amp-ms15-014-hardening-group-policy.aspx
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155007/Microsoft-Windows-Server-2012-Group-Policy-Security-Feature-Bypass.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72476
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031722
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-014
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2015/02/10/ms15-011-amp-ms15-014-hardening-group-policy.aspx
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155007/Microsoft-Windows-Server-2012-Group-Policy-Security-Feature-Bypass.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72476
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031722
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-014

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