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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 71.04% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 September 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows vista
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 71.0% 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.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exeThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76594Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033499Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-100Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38151/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38195/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exeThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76594Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033499Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-100Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38151/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38195/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.