DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2015-0096 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, leading to DLL loading during Windows Explorer access to the icon of a crafted shortcut, aka "DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Learn more about our Cis Benchmark Audit For Microsoft Windows Server.