CVE-2015-2509

Exp

Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability."

Published: 2015-09-09 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2015-2509

EPSS CVSS CWE Exploit-DB Affected

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2509 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 87.94%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2015-2509

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
38195	exploit_db	edb	2015-09-15	Exploit-DB ↗
38151	exploit_db	edb	2015-09-11	Exploit-DB ↗
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2509

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	2025-10-31	88.43%	87.94%	-0.49%
2	2025-03-27	89.60%	88.43%	-1.17%
3	2025-03-17	—	89.60%	—

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2509

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-2015-2509

CWE-284 MITRE ↗

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2509

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
microsoft	windows_7	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
microsoft	windows_8	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:::::::*
microsoft	windows_8.1	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
microsoft	windows_vista	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::

References for CVE-2015-2509

URL	Tags
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exe	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76594	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033499	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-100	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38151/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38195/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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