VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-0242
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 7.94%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.94% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 5.7% on 21 September 2026 to 7.9% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98275Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0242Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98275Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0242Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.