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CVE-2016-0185

high · 7.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2021-11-03Remediation due 2022-05-03

Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (aka .mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

7.8
CVSS
69.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2016-05-11
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftwindows_7all versions
microsoftwindows_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions

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References

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