CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8566
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-07-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows Input Method Editor (IME) improperly handling parameters in a method of a DCOM class, aka "Windows IME Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1703
• microsoft windows server 2016
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99404 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038853 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8566 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99404 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038853 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8566 Patch, Vendor Advisory