CVE-2015-6095 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6095?

CVE-2015-6095 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 11 Nov 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Kerberos 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 Gold and 1511 mishandles password changes, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication, and conduct decryption attacks against certain BitLocker configurations, by connecting to an unintended Key Distribution Center (KDC), aka "Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass."

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6095?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6095?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6095 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-6095 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wjf5-hqq5-rpfq.