{"id":"CVE-2015-0006","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-0006","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:39:22.857Z","title":"The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not perform mutual authentication…","description":"The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not perform mutual authentication to determine a domain connection, which allows remote attackers to trigger an unintended permissive configuration by spoofing DNS and LDAP responses on a local network, aka \"NLA Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.\"","published":"2015-01-13T22:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:19:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows 8","microsoft/windows 8.1","microsoft/windows rt 8.1","microsoft/windows server 2003","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows vista"],"epss":{"score":0.11613,"percentile":0.96057,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62098","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62184","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71930","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-005","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99521","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99522","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62098","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62184","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71930","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-005","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99521","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99522","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0006","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}