The Windows Error Reporting (WER) component in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and…

Description

The Windows Error Reporting (WER) component in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to bypass the Protected Process Light protection mechanism and read the contents of arbitrary process-memory locations by leveraging administrative privileges, aka "Windows Error Reporting Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• MS15-006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• win-ms15kb3004365-update(99514) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ms-wer-cve20150001-security-bypass(99513) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 62134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 71927 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134392/Microsoft-Windows-8.1-Ahcache.sys-NtApphelpCacheControl-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-0001](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-0001.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-0001)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 03:55 UTC.