CVE-2015-2360

CVE-2015-2360 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Win32k. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and R2 SP2, 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 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75025
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032525
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-061
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75025
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032525
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-061
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2360