CRITICALCVSS v3.1 9.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-05-24Vulnerability

CVE-2017-8543

Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to take control of the affected system when Windows Search fails to handle objects in memory.

Properties

Vulnerability name
Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Epss score
0.74388
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-06-14
Exploited euvd since
2022-05-24T00:00:00+00:00
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-05-24
Score
9.8
Euvd base score version
3.1
Euvd vendor
Microsoft Corporation
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
9.8
Vendor project
Microsoft
Content hash
4af6af07b8f51af153e8ab4eeffe8450133031e95f48dca5fbc181cdc60199ce
Published at
2017-06-15T01:29:04.490
Euvd updated
2025-10-21T23:55:39+00:00
Last modified
2026-06-17T01:26:33.137
Euvd epss pct
74.16
Epss percentile
0.9949
Licence
FIRST EPSS: free to use; attribution requested in publications or products (FAQ)

Related Entities (20)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (17)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1511:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1511:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Improper Preservation of Permissions

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2022-05-24

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