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CVE-2017-0211

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0211 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows OLE, affecting Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012/2016. The vulnerability, rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges by failing an integrity-level check, with successful exploitation resulting in high impact to integrity. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a public exploit (EDB-41902) exists for Windows 10, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit/Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1511CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1607CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1703CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41902 · Apr 20, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1398 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows RT 8.1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Apr/CVE-2017-0211Important

Windows OLE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Apr 11, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0211
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41902
securityfocus.com / bid/97514
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038240