Race condition in Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) before 5.26 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DLL, aka…

published 2015-07-20 11y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-2511

cvss: 6.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

Race condition in Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) before 5.26 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted DLL, aka "MSRT Race Condition Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

links 1

technet.microsoft.com/library/security/3074162 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

technet.microsoft.com /library/security/3074162
patch, vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1032901
vdb-entry
packetstormsecurity.com /files/163755/Microsoft-Windows-Malicious-Software-Removal-Tool-Privilege-Escalation.html

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-2418
NVD CVE-2015-2418

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