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CVE-2015-25468.2HighCWE-119

CVE-2015-2546: Microsoft Win32k vulnerability

Microsoft · Win32k

Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Win32k · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 15 Mar 2022

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

  1. In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue15 Mar 2022
  2. Exploited (reported): not seen
  3. Scanning observed: not seen
  4. Proof of concept public: not seen
  5. Not established: not seen
10.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
95th percentile
050100

Higher than 95% of scored CVEs

8.2HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

The kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Memory Corruption Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2511, CVE-2015-2517, and CVE-2015-2518.

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Exploitation
Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV
Listed since 15 Mar 2022 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Microsoft

What changed

  1. CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
  2. CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2015-2546 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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