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CVE-2015-2528

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2528 is a Windows Task Management Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 8, 8.1, 10, RT, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 Gold/R2. It allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by running a crafted application due to improper constraint of impersonation levels. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring local access but having low attack complexity, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, exploit code (EDB-38201) is publicly available, demonstrating its exploitability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38201 · Sep 15, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0359 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/159109/Microsoft-Windows-CloudExperienceHostBroker-Privilege-Escalation.html
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-102
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/38201
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033494
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry