CVE-2017-0211 - Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 versions of Microsoft Windows OLE when it fails an integrity-level check, aka "Windows OLE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 versions of Microsoft Windows OLE when it fails an integrity-level check, aka "Windows OLE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 7 years ago

2017-04-12 14:59:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 10 1703

1703

Microsoft Windows RT 8.1

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

References

97514

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1038240

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0211

Patch, Vendor Advisory

41902

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