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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2015-2473

Change History

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/17/2015 2:44:53 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CPE Configuration

								
							
							
						
Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added CVSS V2

								
							
							
						
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
NVD-CWE-Other
Added Evaluator Description

								
							
							
						
<a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html">CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path</a>

Per the Microsoft advisory, " In a web-based attack scenario an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) that contains a specially crafted RDP file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force the user to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince the user to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message."

This vulnerability has been assigned and Attack Vector of Remote.
Changed Reference Type
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-082 No Types Assigned
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-082 Advisory, Patch