CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2015-1701
High (7.8) in Microsoft Win32k. In CISA KEV since 2022-03-03, with known ransomware use. EPSS 56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild in April 2015, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Severity
- EPSS
- 56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-03-03, due 2022-03-24, known ransomware use
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_2003_server
- microsoft:windows_7
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_vista