High severity · published Jun 15, 2017
CVE-2017-0283
Uniscribe in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, Windows Server 2016,…
8.8
CVSS
39%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Uniscribe in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Lync 2013 SP1, Skype for Business 2016, Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on Microsoft Windows allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8528.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)39.0% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2007; 2010 · source: NVD
WI
Windows · Microsoft
1511; 1607; 1703 · source: NVD
LY
Lync · Microsoft
2013 · source: NVD
OW
Office Word Viewer · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SI
Silverlight · Microsoft
5.0 · source: NVD
SF
Skype For Business · Microsoft
2016 · source: NVD
W7
Windows 7 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
W8
Windows 8.1 · Microsoft
rt · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2008 · Microsoft
r2 · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2012 · Microsoft
r2 · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2016 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0283
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0283
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038675
0patch.blogspot.com
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html
bugs.chromium.org
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198
Mitigation
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/
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