An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows running on Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1,…

published 2017-04-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0532

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.3%; EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows running on Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 fails to properly sanitize handles in memory, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

links 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0165 advisory

Timeline

2017-04-12 Published
2017-04-20 First public exploit (EDB-41901)

Exploit prediction

3.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-41901 Microsoft Windows 10 (Build 10586) - 'IEETWCollector' Arbitrary Directory/File Deletion Privilege Escalation local, 2017-04-20

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com /en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0165
patch, vendor-advisory
exploit-db.com /exploits/41901/
exploit
securitytracker.com /id/1038239
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/97467
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-0165
NVD CVE-2017-0165

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Summary