Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.3
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2015-2545
Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 9, 2015, 12:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2545

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-2545 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2007, 2010, 2013, 2013 RT, 2016, SharePoint Server 2013, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, and Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-2545 has a 17 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-2545.

URL Resource
http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099 Patch Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-2545 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-2545 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 2 years ago
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Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

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Updated: 2 weeks ago
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Advisory-Emulations/APT-37

APT 37 Emulation plan

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
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ChennaCSP/APT37-Emulation-plan

None

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
3 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
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R0B1NL1N/APTnotes

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Updated: 4 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
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erfze/CVE-2017-0261

CVE-2017-8570 Exp及利用样本分析

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Updated: 5 years ago
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None

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Updated: 1 year ago
8 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : June 5, 2019, 7:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.
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qiantu88/office-cve

None

Visual Basic

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
6 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 8, 2019, 12:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.
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cone4/AOT

None

Updated: 6 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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eric-erki/APT_CyberCriminal_Campagin_Collections

APT & CyberCriminal Campaign Collection

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Updated: 7 months ago
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None

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Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
33 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
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Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
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None

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Updated: 7 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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None

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Updated: 2 months ago
384 stars 111 fork 111 watcher
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Panopticon-Project/Panopticon-Patchwork

None

Updated: 3 years, 7 months ago
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Born at : Dec. 15, 2017, 9:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-2545 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-2545 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:-:*:-:*:-:*
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099 No Types Assigned https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-099 [Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545 No Types Assigned http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545 Third Party Advisory, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-099 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-099 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.morphisec.com/exploit-bypass-emet-cve-2015-2545 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-099 No Types Assigned http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-099 Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

93.25 }} -0.56%

score

0.99802

percentile