How severe is CVE-2015-2387?

CVE-2015-2387 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 34.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2015-2387: Microsoft ATM Font Driver Privilege Escalation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft ATM Font Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-03

Remediation due

2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2387

Description

ATMFD.DLL in the Adobe Type Manager Font Driver in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "ATMFD.DLL Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2015-2387 to the KEV catalog 2,424 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 390 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 166 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (34.9%) is higher than that of 43% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

4 Links

Vendor advisories

MS15-077

Third-party advisories

TA15-195A

Vulnerability databases

Record Details

Published

2015-07-14

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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