Vulnerability CVE-2015-0096
Published: 2015-03-11

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."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Windows LNK File Code Execution
Multiple
09.11.2017

Type:

CWE-426

 (Untrusted Search Path)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
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 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows vista 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72894
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031890
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-020
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