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CVE-2017-8587

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5
6.5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

Windows Explorer in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it attempts to open a non-existent file, aka "Windows Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability".

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8587 ↗