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CVE-2015-0096

CVSS Score Not Available
87.07%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

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."

Published: 3/11/2015
Modified: 4/12/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

87.07%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 87.07% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.