CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-2418
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-07-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft malicious software removal tool (<= 5.25)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163755/Microsoft-Windows-Malicious-Software-Removal-Tool-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032901 www.securitytracker.com
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/3074162 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163755/Microsoft-Windows-Malicious-Software-Removal-Tool-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032901 www.securitytracker.com
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/3074162 Patch, Vendor Advisory