CVE-2017-8733
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to trick a user into believing…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to trick a user into believing that the user was visiting a legitimate website, due to the way that Internet Explorer handles specific HTML content, aka "Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability".
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.16% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 5.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100737Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039328Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8733Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100737Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039328Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8733Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.