CVE-2015-0002 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Application Compatibility component (ahcache.sys) of various Microsoft Windows versions, including Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and Server 2008 R2/2012. It allows a local attacker to gain administrative privileges by running AppCompatCache.exe with a specially crafted DLL, due to improper verification of impersonation tokens. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, indicating its potential for exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.