CVE-2015-2468

Exp

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Office for Mac 2011, Office for Mac 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, Word Web Apps 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2015-08-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2468 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 43.41%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-2468

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37912 exploit_db edb 2015-08-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2468

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 71.76% 43.41% -28.35%
2 2026-03-04 69.47% 71.76% +2.29%
3 2026-01-06 69.47%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2468

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2468

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2468

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2011 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011:*:*:*:*:mac:*:*
microsoft office 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:mac:*:*
microsoft office_compatibility_pack cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft sharepoint_server 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft sharepoint_server 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
microsoft word_viewer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word_web_apps 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_web_apps:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word_web_apps_server 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_web_apps_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2468

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