CVE-2015-2502 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, impacting various Windows operating systems. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in August 2015, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog and multiple media reports detailing its use in watering hole attacks. While no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it garnered significant community discussion and media attention at the time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.