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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1761

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 and SP4, 2008 R2 SP2 and SP3, 2012 SP1 and SP2, and 2014 uses an incorrect class during casts of unspecified pointers, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging certain write access, aka "SQL…

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 18.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 and SP4, 2008 R2 SP2 and SP3, 2012 SP1 and SP2, and 2014 uses an incorrect class during casts of unspecified pointers, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging certain write access, aka "SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
18.86% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
microsoft/sql server
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%4 November 2026: 18.86%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 18.9% 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.