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CVE-2015-2509
Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to…
High9.3EPSS 71.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 71.0% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 76594 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS15-100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 38195 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1033499 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 38151 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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