CVE-2015-2428
First published: Sat Aug 15 2015(Updated: )
Object Manager 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, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly constrain impersonation levels during interaction with object symbolic links that originated in a sandboxed process, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Object Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 7 | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Rt | ||
| Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 | =r2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/remedy
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows 7
- version/microsoft windows 7/sp1
- canonical/microsoft windows 8
- canonical/microsoft windows 8.1
- canonical/microsoft windows rt
- canonical/microsoft windows rt 8.1
- canonical/microsoft windows server 2008
- version/microsoft windows server 2008/sp2
- version/microsoft windows server 2008/r2-sp1
- canonical/microsoft windows server 2012
- version/microsoft windows server 2012/r2
- canonical/microsoft windows vista
- version/microsoft windows vista/sp2