CVE-2017-8710 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP2/R2 SP1. It allows an attacker to read arbitrary files by exploiting an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability within the Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) parser. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, but leading to high confidentiality impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. There is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:itanium:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.