Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services
CVE-2015-2471
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 supports SSL 2.0, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and conducting a decryption attack, aka "MSXML Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2434.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.155 (96.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.155 · newest: 0.155 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft XML Core Services — versions 3.0, 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033241 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-084 (vendor-advisory)