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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2017-8710 json

The Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 allows an attacker to read arbi…

published 2017-09-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17656

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.4%
EPSS 10.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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".

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

10.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIFot3a-58I referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • vulnerability-lab.com https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2094 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc)

Classification

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

References

Sources

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