CVE-2017-0210
Published 2017-04-12 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2017-0210 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 24, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 14, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Internet Explorer
Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-24 · Due: 2022-06-14
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97512
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038238
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0210
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97512
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038238
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0210
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0210

