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CVE-2015-2545

92
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2545 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, and 2013 versions, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to trigger. It is actively exploited in the wild, as evidenced by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog and numerous reports of APT groups leveraging it. Despite the lack of public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its widespread exploitation and impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:-:*:-:*:-:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
80.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 3, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8047 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blog.morphisec.com / exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545
ExploitThird Party Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1033488
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry