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CVE-2017-0103

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0103 is a Windows Registry Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012, where the kernel API mishandles registry objects in memory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept crash exploit exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community attention or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41645 · Mar 20, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0294 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Vista Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012
View patch
microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Mar/CVE-2017-0103Important

Windows Registry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Mar 14, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0103
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41645
securityfocus.com / bid/96623
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038013