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CVE-2015-2423

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2423 is an "Unsafe Command Line Parameter Passing Vulnerability" affecting various Microsoft Windows versions and numerous Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Word, and Internet Explorer. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain privileges and obtain sensitive information, specifically demonstrating a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, through crafted command-line parameters. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it indicates a network-based attack with medium complexity, resulting in partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1985 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-079
PatchVendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-081
PatchVendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-088
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1033237
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033239
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033248
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry