CVE-2017-0101: Microsoft Windows Transaction Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2017-0101

Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows Transaction Manager improperly handles objects in memory.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoft product: Windows Privilege escalation

What: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows Transaction Manager improperly handles objects in memory.
Who is affected: All deployments of Windows using the affected Transaction Manager.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Apply the latest security patch from Microsoft.

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Details

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity: critical
Published: 2022-03-15
Exploitation: Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0101

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Exploitation confirmedCVE-2017-0101Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2017-0101	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

CVE-2017-0101: Microsoft Windows Transaction Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CSIRTS triage

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Exploitation outlook

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