What is CVE-2015-0004?
The User Profile Service (aka ProfSvc) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 allows local users to gain privileges by conducting a junction attack to load another user's UsrClass.dat registry hive, aka MSRC ID 20674 or "Microsoft User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
The identifier was first published 4306 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- EPSS (FIRST)
- 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 3.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2015-01-13, last modified 2024-08-06
Is CVE-2015-0004 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 27 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2015-0004 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.
How to fix CVE-2015-0004
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2015-0004 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2015-0004
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2015-0004, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .
Vendor advisory and patch
Third-party advisory
Vulnerability database entry
- securityfocus.com — vdb entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — vdb entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — vdb entry (99520)