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CVE-2015-2478 (GCVE-0-2015-2478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-11 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:17
VLAI
Summary
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 Gold and 1511 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a Winsock call referencing an invalid address, aka "Winsock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034121 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2015-11-10 00:00
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