PT-2017-18416

CVE-2017-8566

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Published

2017-07-11

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Updated

2019-10-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.0
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016
Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege due to the Windows Input Method Editor (IME) improperly handling parameters in a method of a DCOM class. This allows attackers to affect the system.
Recommendations For Microsoft Windows versions 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Related identifiers
CVE-2017-8566
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