CVE-2017-8487 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Windows OLE in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows an attacker to execute code when a victim opens a specially crafted file or program aka "Windows olecnv32.dll Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Published: 2017-06-15

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 69.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.69337.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038702
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4025218/security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-server-2003
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42211/

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-06-15T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.993Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8487

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-15T20:29:00.267

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8487

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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