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CVE-2015-2509

79
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2509 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Media Center in Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1. It allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user assistance via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has received significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its past relevance and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
71.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MS15-100 Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL Vulnerability · Sep 8, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-38195 · Sep 15, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7104 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/ms15-100
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/38151
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/38195
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exe
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76594
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033499
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry