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CVE detail

CVE-2017-8543

Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to take control of the affected system when Windows Search fails to handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 47.6KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 47.6

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 16.1 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 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
4 source links · newest first
  • Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for August 2017 address a total of 48 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, SQL Server, SharePoint Server, Office and Outlook.

    newswww.securityweek.comAug 8, 2017, 7:08 PM
  • Microsoft has released patches for Windows XP and other outdated versions of the operating system to fix several critical vulnerabilities that are at heightened risk of being exploited by state-sponsored actors and other threat groups.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 14, 2017, 9:02 AM
  • Microsoft released the June 2017 Patch Tuesday to address more than 90 security flaws, including two critical RCE that have been exploited in attacks. Microsoft released June Patch Tuesday updates that address more than 90 vulnerabilities, including two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities that have been exploited in attacks. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8464, […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJun 14, 2017, 5:58 AM
  • Microsoft released patches for more than 90 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, including two critical remote code execution flaws that have been exploited in attacks and several weaknesses whose details have already been disclosed.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 13, 2017, 7:00 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars
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