CVE-2017-0165
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows running on Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 fails to properly sanitize handles in memory, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows running on Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 fails to properly sanitize handles in memory, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.34% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 April 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2012
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 3.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97467Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038239
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0165Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41901/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97467Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038239
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0165Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41901/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.