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CVE-2017-0210: Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2017-0210
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 Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: Internet ExplorerPrivilege escalation
What
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information.
Who is affected
Deployments of Microsoft Internet Explorer are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Apply the latest security patch for Internet Explorer.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-24
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0210

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2017-0210coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Microsoft Internet Explorer

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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