Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
Last Update Date:
15 Apr 2015 15:00
Release Date:
15 Apr 2015
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS
![TYPE: Windows OS](/f/bulletin_type/100000/37p37/operation-system-windowsos.png)
- NtCreateTransactionManager Type Confusion Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows fails to properly validate and enforce impersonation levels. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass impersonation-level security checks and gain elevated privileges on a targeted system. - Windows MS-DOS device name Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows fails to properly validate and enforce impersonation levels. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass impersonation-level security checks and gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.
Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
System / Technologies affected
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
- Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1
- Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Download location for patches:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS15-038
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