CVE-2015-0010
Microsoft Windows - CryptProtectMemory Security Feature Bypass via Impersonation Token
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-0010.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a Windows kernel vulnerability (CVE-2015-0010) to achieve local privilege escalation by manipulating the WM_SYSTIMER message handling mechanism. It replaces the primary token of the current process with that of the SYSTEM process, effectively granting administrative privileges.
Description
The CryptProtectMemory function in cng.sys (aka the Cryptography Next Generation driver) in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 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, when the CRYPTPROTECTMEMORY_SAME_LOGON option is used, does not check an impersonation token's level, which allows local users to bypass intended decryption restrictions by leveraging a service that (1) has a named-pipe planting vulnerability or (2) uses world-readable shared memory for encrypted data, aka "CNG Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability" or MSRC ID 20707.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a Windows kernel vulnerability (CVE-2015-0010) to achieve local privilege escalation by manipulating the WM_SYSTIMER message handling mechanism. It replaces the primary token of the current process with that of the SYSTEM process, effectively granting administrative privileges.