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CVE-2017-0005

The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0001, CVE-2017-0025, and CVE-2017-0047.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 54.4KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 54.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 11.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
17.9
5 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
11.5
3 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
5 source links · newest first
  • Earlier this year, Check Point Research published the story of “Jian” — an exploit used by Chinese threat actor APT31 which was “heavily inspired by” an almost-identical exploit used by the Equation Group, made publicly known by the Shadow Brokers leak. The spicy part of the story was that Jian had been roaming in the […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comDec 27, 2021, 11:30 AM
  • A Chinese threat actor known as APT31 likely acquired and cloned one of the Equation Group’s exploits three years before the targeted vulnerability was publicly exposed as part of Shadow Brokers’ “Lost in Translation” leak, cybersecurity firm Check Point says in a new report.

    newswww.securityweek.comFeb 22, 2021, 3:06 PM
  • The Chinese APT group had access to an NSA Equation Group, NSA hacking tool and used it years before it was leaked online by Shadow Brokers group. Check Point Research team discovered that China-linked APT31 group (aka Zirconium.) used a tool dubbed Jian, which is a clone of NSA Equation Group ‘s “EpMe” hacking tool years […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comFeb 22, 2021, 2:57 PM
  • Research by: Eyal Itkin and Itay Cohen There is a theory which states that if anyone will ever manage to steal and use nation-grade cyber tools, any network would become untrusted, and the world would become a very dangerous place to live in. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. What […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comFeb 22, 2021, 11:00 AM
  • Microsoft has released a total of 18 security bulletins to address tens of vulnerabilities, including more than a dozen that have already been publicly disclosed or exploited in attacks.

    newswww.securityweek.comMar 14, 2017, 7:01 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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