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CVE-2015-0016
CWE-22
Critical
91.6
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TS WebProxy (aka TSWbPrxy) component in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted pathname in an executable file, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Directory Traversal Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 75.77%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since May 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Published
- 13 Jan 2015
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time