CVE-2015-0062
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages incorrect impersonation handling in a process that uses the SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege privilege, aka "Windows Create Process Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (10 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
- MS15-015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 62840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ms-windows-cve20150062-priv-esc(100437) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- win-ms15kb3031432-update(100438) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 72458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1031724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2015-0100 (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-2015-0062)Record last updated .