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high 7.2

CVE-2015-2525 in the critical feed json

Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 20…

published 2015-09-09 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-2618

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
31.5%
EPSS 31.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 allows local users to bypass intended filesystem restrictions and delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka "Windows Task File Deletion Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-38200)

Exploit prediction

31.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38200 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler - 'DeleteExpiredTaskAfter' File Deletion Privilege Escalation local, 2015-09-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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