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CVE-2015-2535

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-17

Description

Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service outage) by creating multiple machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033492
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-096
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033492
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-096

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