VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8543

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability74.16%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2017-06-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Microsoft / Windows

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to take control of the affected system when Windows Search fails to handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Weakness classification

  • CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions

Primary references