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CVE-2015-2471

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 supports SSL 2.0, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and conducting a decryption attack, aka "MSXML Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2434.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation XML Core Services: 3.0, 5.0, 6.0

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033241
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-084
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033241
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-084

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