Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control contains a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-02-17 (federal deadline 2026-03-10).

First seen: 17 Feb 2026
Last update: 17 Feb 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2008-0015
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: Windows

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## Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Microsoft Windows
Ids: CVE-2008-0015

Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control contains a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-02-17 (federal deadline 2026-03-10).

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (windows). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2008-0015") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0015 https://web.archive.org/web/20110305211119/https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-032.mspx
https://pwned.coffee/i/microsoft-windows-video-activex-control-remote-code-exec-cve-2008-0015

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