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CVE-2015-1638
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 does not properly handle logoff actions, which allows…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 12.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 does not properly handle logoff actions, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging an unattended workstation, aka "Active Directory Federation Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Timeline
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By microsoft
- 56 days later
· 56 days 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.7% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 1032115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS15-040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_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-2015-1768 (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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