CVE-2015-1702

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Published 2015-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

The Service Control Manager (SCM) 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 does not properly constrain impersonation levels, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Service Control Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-050

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windows-affected
windows windowsr2affected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.