vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8464: LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 13, 2017
Added
Jun 13, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .LNK file, which is not properly handled during icon display in Windows Explorer or any other application that parses the icon of the shortcut. aka "LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4022727microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4022714microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4022715microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4022725microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4022718microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4022717microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4022715msft-kb4021903-339b7384-c98c-4b60-ba8a-d7d6409b4440msft-kb4021903-38431bac-b0b3-4165-8197-964412ac8029msft-kb4021903-3afb2e64-c7bb-446b-953f-1962213a444emsft-kb4021903-4ed91fee-979d-4de4-8b1f-7ed764942168msft-kb4021903-995d9d3a-97c4-4f00-bf76-e31ef42365admsft-kb4022717-1d805e7c-215a-4c96-8b39-3829bd2e02d0msft-kb4022717-6abad12a-fc3f-4352-81f7-453e305f13edmsft-kb4022718-185fb91c-8006-4eeb-81f1-611113a80509msft-kb4022718-5cc34e54-998c-4120-ba8a-d528309738f8msft-kb4022722-0fff3ada-3205-441e-9f7f-f9e0198a32cemsft-kb4022722-4182f860-3205-4b8d-bf9d-4b0b93f34adcmsft-kb4022722-61851a6d-1717-4861-801a-461e772cb312msft-kb4022722-65224535-330e-42bd-8e35-824c878ec11amsft-kb4022722-657cd92e-a4a3-4319-a954-52bedeef4cfcmsft-kb4022722-e181eaef-054e-4b52-a00f-503b91461f68
References
- BID-98818
- CVE-2017-8464
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8464
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022714
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022715
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022717
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022718
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022725
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022727
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