National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2015-0012
Original release date: 02/10/2015
Last revised: 02/11/2015
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 R2 Update Rollup 4 does not properly validate the roles of users, which allows local users to obtain server and virtual-machine administrative privileges by establishing a server session with Active Directory credentials, aka “Virtual Machine Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.”
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: MS
Name: MS15-017
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Vulnerable software and versions
+ Configuration 1
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* cpe:/a:microsoft:virtual_machine_manager:2012:r2
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
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