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,…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 3.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows < 8.1 (x86/x64) - User Profile Service Privilege Escalation (MS15-003) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35811local, windowspublished 18 Jan 2015Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 71967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 61927 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ms-profsvc-cve20150004-priv-esc(99519) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS15-003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=123 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- win-ms15kb3021674-update(99520) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-0042 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-0004)Record last updated .