Medium severity · published Sep 13, 2017
CVE-2017-8733
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703,…
4.3
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to trick a user into believing that the user was visiting a legitimate website, due to the way that Internet Explorer handles specific HTML content, aka "Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IE
Internet Explorer · Microsoft
9; 10; 11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8733
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8733
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100737
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039328
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8733
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