CVE-2017-0213

CVE-2017-0213 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 28, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 18, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

Windows COM Aggregate Marshaler in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation privilege vulnerability when an attacker runs a specially crafted application, aka "Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0214.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98102
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038457
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0213
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42020/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98102
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038457
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0213
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42020/