Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc)

CVE-2017-8710
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 10.44 % · percentile 96 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified

Description

The Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 allows an attacker to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration, due to the way that the Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc)affected Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1.

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD