vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8543: Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 13, 2017
Added
Jun 13, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to take control of the affected system when Windows Search fails to handle objects in memory, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4022727microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4022714microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4025339microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4025342microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4022718microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4022717microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4025339msft-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-503b91461f68msft-kb4024402-22ff868b-5901-414c-a46a-5ca011a1c202msft-kb4024402-379e36b4-94ff-46b4-b707-bf661f109f81msft-kb4024402-5b03ca37-44b4-4c94-a41a-bbc8514bcc42msft-kb4024402-6e2ff8a9-d563-4f8d-9dcc-7167583d2c04msft-kb4024402-7b2396e0-ed18-41a8-a4cb-926052ad1b0emsft-kb4024402-83b72bda-9a14-446f-add0-c10321789a1bmsft-kb4024402-88ca9fb7-d059-4830-ba12-56c5bb117d1emsft-kb4024402-a39477d2-540c-40cb-9a3d-00b87cb1d37cmsft-kb4024402-bb8d0475-1d2b-4bc6-a85d-ec521087babfmsft-kb4024402-d595b07f-bc0c-4073-84e4-9d145955f19f
References
- BID-98824
- CVE-2017-8543
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8543
- CWE-281
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022714
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022717
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022718
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022727
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4025339
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4025342
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