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CVE-2015-6175
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory…
High7.8Known exploitedEPSS 5.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 May 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Jun 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- MS15-135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1034334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-6175 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (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)
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