CVE-2015-2473: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 25.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the client in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) through 8.1 in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .rdp file, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only

Published 2015-08-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.