CVE-2015-2509 | Netskope Threat Labs

Description

This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2015-2509, which has a UNKNOWN severity rating. Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote cyberattackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability.

Stats

First seen: March 2022
Last seen: October 2026

CVEs

CVE-2015-2509

Alert name variants

Alert Name	Engine
Exploit.CVE-2015-2509.Gen	AV
Text.Exploit.CVE-2015-2509	ATP Sandbox Adv. Heuristics
Win32.Exploit.CVE-2015-2509	ATP Sandbox Adv. Heuristics

Related IPS Signatures

Signature Name	Engine
FILE-OTHER Microsoft Windows Media Center link file code execution attempt	IPS-CFW

Related families

Microsoft

References

nvd.nist.gov