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CVE-2008-0015
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Verified 2026-08-04
Microsoft Windows vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control remote code execution vulnerability exploitable through specially crafted web pages, allowing attackers to execute code with user privileges.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Video ActiveX Control enables attackers to compromise systems by hosting malicious web content. Successful exploitation grants attacker code execution at the privilege level of the logged-on user.
CISA KEV Yes · 2026-02-174EPSS 0.76733 (verify live)5CVSS 8.8 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Impact: total3Exploit Weaponized · public exploit · Metasploit module12
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
5 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-02-17).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.76733 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Microsoft, Windows. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 6069 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a functional/weaponized public exploit). Catalog entries: Metasploit module. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious web page embedding specially constructed Video ActiveX content.
Business
Attack surface expands to any user browsing untrusted or compromised web content.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I host the page on a website or inject it into legitimate sites via compromise or advertisement networks.
Business
Attackers gain distribution channels reaching broad user populations without requiring direct system access.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I trigger code execution when a user visits the page, executing arbitrary commands under their user context.
Business
Compromised user accounts become pivot points for lateral movement, data theft, and malware installation.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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