Kaspersky Threats

KLA10559
Privileges escalation in Microsoft products

Updated: 06/01/2019

Detect date ?	04/14/2015
Severity ?	Critical
Description	Multiple improper impersonation levels handling were found in Microsoft products. By exploiting these vulnerabilities malicious users can gain privileges. These vulnerabilities can be exploited locally via a specially designed application.
Affected products	Windows Server 2003 x86, x64, Itanium Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2003 R2 x86, x64 Service Pack 2 Windows Vista x86, x64 Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2008 x86, x64, Itanium Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Itanium Service Pack 1 Windows 8 x86, x64 Windows 8.1 x86, x64 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows RT Windows RT 8.1
Solution	Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)
Original advisories	MS15-038 CVE-2015-1643 CVE-2015-1644
Impacts ?	PE [?]
Related products	Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows RT
CVE-IDS ?	CVE-2015-16437.2High CVE-2015-16447.2High
Microsoft official advisories	Microsoft Security Update Guide
KB list	3045999 3045685