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CVE-2015-0010

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The CryptProtectMemory function in cng.sys (aka the Cryptography Next Generation driver) in the kernel-mode drivers 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, when the CRYPTPROTECTMEMORY_SAME_LOGON option is used, does not check an impersonation token's level, which allows local users to bypass intended decryption restrictions by leveraging a service that (1) has a named-pipe planting vulnerability or (2) uses world-readable shared memory for encrypted data, aka "CNG Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability" or MSRC ID 20707.

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://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=128
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72461
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-010
• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=128
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72461
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-010

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