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CVE-2015-2508

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—Exploit
Severity7.2High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability3.66 %higher than 90% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

The Adobe Type Manager Library in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Font Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS

Base score
7.2
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.66 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
90
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Windows 10

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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