CVE-2015-1761

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 and SP4, 2008 R2 SP2 and SP3, 2012 SP1 and SP2, and 2014 uses an incorrect class during casts of unspecified pointers, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging certain write access, aka "SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft SQL Server: 2008-r2_sp2, 2008-r2_sp3, 2008-sp3, 2008-sp4, 2012-sp1, 2012-sp2 (+1)

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032893
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-058
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05382740
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032893
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-058
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05382740

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