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high 7.2

CVE-2015-6098 json

Buffer overflow in the Network Driver Interface Standard (NDIS) implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and…

published 2015-11-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-6041

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the Network Driver Interface Standard (NDIS) implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows NDIS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-38793)

Exploit prediction

3.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38793 Microsoft Windows - 'ndis.sys' IOCTL 0x170034 (ndis!ndisNsiGetIfNameForIfIndex) Pool Buffer Overflow (MS15-117) dos, 2015-11-23

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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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