What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-0081

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

Windows Text Services (WTS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) web site or (2) file, aka "WTS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Rt: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72886
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031890
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-020
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72886
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031890
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-020

Get alerted when CVE-2015-0081 or the next vulnerability affects your stack