CVE-2015-2473 in the critical feed json
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) through 8.1 in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Serve…
published 2015-08-15 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-2566
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 25.3%
- EPSS 25.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) through 8.1 in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .rdp file, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Exploit prediction
25.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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docs.microsoft.com
/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-082
vendor-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1033242
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-2473
- NVD CVE-2015-2473
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