---
id: "CVE-2015-2387"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2015-2387"]
title: "Microsoft ATM Font Driver: Microsoft ATM Font Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.8
epss: 0.34878
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft ATM Font Driver", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "infrastructure", "microsoft", "windows-server"]
not_affected_if: ["no-untrusted-local-users", "patched-windows-server"]
published_at: "2015-07-14T22:59:08+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2015-2387", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2387", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2387", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Microsoft ATM Font Driver: Microsoft ATM Font Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ATMFD.DLL, the Adobe Type Manager font driver in Windows Server, has a flaw that lets a local user gain higher privileges through a crafted application. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft ATM Font Driver affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Microsoft update for this CVE per vendor instructions, as CISA requires; the specific KB or patched build is not stated in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2015-2387
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2387
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2387

## From the sources

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."

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