CVE-2015-0016

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

75.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-01-13 22:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2014-11-18

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

681bac07822adc64b3d011d58b74737a9917c104f59b95a9290dfa5c9475da72

• www.securityfocus.com71965http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71965vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1031524http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031524vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comms-windows-cve20150016-priv-esc(99515)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99515vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• blog.trendmicro.comhttp://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/cve-2015-0016-escaping-the-internet-explorer-sandbox/x_refsource_MISC
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwin-ms15kb3025421-update(99516)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99516vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.exploit-db.com35983http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35983exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• secunia.com62076http://secunia.com/advisories/62076third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130201/MS15-004-Microsoft-Remote-Desktop-Services-Web-Proxy-IE-Sandbox-Escape.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• docs.microsoft.comMS15-004https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-004vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-0016government-resource