CVE-2017-8588 — Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerability

4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
28.9%
top 3.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
15
Microsoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows Server 2012+12 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Microsoft WordPad 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, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it parses specially crafted files, aka "WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages14 packages

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-6m62-mw5m-m6jc: Microsoft WordPad in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2017-07-11
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - July 2017↗2017-07-11
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