THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-2535
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CVE-2015-2535

Windows Server 2008 vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
11.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service outage) by creating multiple machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Server 2008
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2015-09-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-2535

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-2535.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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