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Unscored CVE-2015-2428 EUVD-2015-2521GHSA-x487-p4jj-jg25

Object Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 20…

Published Aug 15, 2015 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

Object Manager in Microsoft 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 during interaction with object symbolic links that originated in a sandboxed process, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Object Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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