Is CVE-2015-0096 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-0096 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-0096?

CVE-2015-0096 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-0096?

CVE-2015-0096 has an EPSS score of 71.08% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-0096

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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."

CWE-426

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

71.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.