CVE-2017-8464

CVE-2017-8464 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 10, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by August 10, 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.

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."

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

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98818
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038671
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8464
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42382/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42429/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98818
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038671
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8464