CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-0096
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-03-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, leading to DLL loading during Windows Explorer access to the icon of a crafted shortcut, aka "DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows rt
• microsoft windows rt 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72894 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031890 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-020 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72894 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031890 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-020 Patch, Vendor Advisory