Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker successfully convinces a user to browse to a specially crafted website, open a specially crafted file, or browse to a working directory that contains a specially crafted DLL file.

Detailed Information on the risk:

The vulnerability exists when Windows parses shortcuts in a way that could allow malicious code to be executed when the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is displayed. For the vulnerability to be exploited a user would have to use Windows Explorer to browse to a malicious website, remote network share, or local working directory (note that other methods of browsing to a working directory, such as via cmd.exe or powershell.exe, do NOT trigger the exploit). Additionally, the vulnerability could be exploited through USB removable drives, particularly on systems where AutoPlay has been enabled.

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS15-020

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems 
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems 
Windows 8 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems 
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems 
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012