PT-2015-1148 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2019-05-13 · CVE-2015-1675

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from incorrect handling of a journal file, allowing for remote code execution when a specially crafted journal file is opened. This could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain complete control of the system, allowing them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users with fewer user rights may be less impacted.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-10033

CVE-2015-1675

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1675 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1675 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10033 · Security Note
• https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-1675 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032280 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-045 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-045 · Note