CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8710
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
The Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 allows an attacker to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration, due to the way that the Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability".
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100793 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039325 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8710 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2094 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIFot3a-58I Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100793 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039325 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8710 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2094 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIFot3a-58I Exploit, Third Party Advisory