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CVE-2017-8550
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Skype for Business when the software fails to sanitize specially crafted content, aka…
Medium5.4EPSS 22.4%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Skype for Business when the software fails to sanitize specially crafted content, aka "Skype for Business Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.4% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Skype for Business
- affected Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R)
References (3)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8550 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42316 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 98916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .