CVE-2017-8710

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".

Affected products

Common Console Document, Windows 7 Sp1, Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1, Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Windows 7

All versions

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

All versions

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.0

5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS

6.4% (93th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-611

NVD status

Modified

Published

2017-09-13