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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-0015

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang and RADIUS outage) via crafted username strings to (1) Internet Authentication Service (IAS) or…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 78.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 78.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang and RADIUS outage) via crafted username strings to (1) Internet Authentication Service (IAS) or (2) Network Policy Server (NPS), aka "Network Policy Server RADIUS Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
78.73% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%40%80%4 November 2026: 78.73%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 78.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.