Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-1724. PoCs published by Google Security Research.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates a use-after-free vulnerability in Windows GDI by creating a device context with DCX_NORESETATTRS and selecting a brush object, which is freed on process exit without clearing the reference. This allows retrieval of a handle to the freed object, potentially leading to memory corruption.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability 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 via a crafted application, aka "Microsoft Windows Kernel Object Use After Free Vulnerability."
Exploits (1)
The exploit demonstrates a use-after-free vulnerability in Windows GDI by creating a device context with DCX_NORESETATTRS and selecting a brush object, which is freed on process exit without clearing the reference. This allows retrieval of a handle to the freed object, potentially leading to memory corruption.