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Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that Windows Search handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 11, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

17.868%
(96th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-8589

GHSA ID

GHSA-54hw-ww7h-fvm8

Source code

No known source code

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