CVE DATABASE / CVE-2017-0210
CVE-2017-0210
Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVSS 8.8 · HIGH
⚠ CISA KEV — ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
On the CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-05-24.
Federal remediation due 2022-06-14.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Affected products
Microsoft internet explorerMicrosoft windows server 2012Microsoft windows 10 1507Microsoft windows 10 1511Microsoft windows 10 1607Microsoft windows 10 1703Microsoft windows 7Microsoft windows 8.1Microsoft windows rt 8.1Microsoft windows server 2008Microsoft windows server 2016
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97512
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038238
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0210
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0210
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2026-04-22. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.