CVE-2015-2423CWE-200information-disclosure

CVE-2015-2423

Medium · published August 15, 2015

CVSS v2.0
4.3
EPSS
20%
Percentile
97.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, Windows 10, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Visio 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, and Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allow remote attackers to gain privileges and obtain sensitive information via a crafted command-line parameter to an Office application or Notepad, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Unsafe Command Line Parameter Passing Vulnerability."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v2.0
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.19851 · 97.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published
2015-08-15T04:59Z
Affected products (36)
ProductVersionsFixed in
microsoft/excelall versions—
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microsoft/officeall versions—
microsoft/powerpointall versions—
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microsoft/powerpointall versions—
microsoft/visioall versions—
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microsoft/wordall versions—
microsoft/wordall versions—
microsoft/wordall versions—
microsoft/wordall versions—
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microsoft/internet_explorerall versions—
microsoft/internet_explorerall versions—
microsoft/internet_explorerall versions—
microsoft/internet_explorerall versions—
microsoft/internet_explorerall versions—
microsoft/windows_8.1all versions—
microsoft/windows_rtall versions—
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2008all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2008all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2008all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2012all versions—
microsoft/windows_server_2012all versions—
microsoft/windows_vistaall versions—
microsoft/windows_10all versions—
microsoft/windows_7all versions—
microsoft/windows_8all versions—
References (12)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 00:00Z
    Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and…
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