CVE-2017-8566

Published Jul 11, 2017

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

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".
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.4
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations