Description
Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
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Metasploit 1 module
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MS15-100 Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL Vulnerability
exploit/windows/fileformat/ms15_100_mcl_exe
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Windows Media Center - MCL (MS15-100) (Metasploit) EDB-38195 · remote · Sep 15, 2015 · verified
- Microsoft Windows Media Center - Command Execution (MS15-100) EDB-38151 · remote · Sep 11, 2015
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