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CVE-2015-2509

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 71.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exe
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76594
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033499
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-100
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38151/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38195/
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exe
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76594
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033499
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-100
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38151/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38195/

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