Windows System Information Console in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2,…

Description

Windows System Information Console in 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, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an information disclosure vulnerability improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity, aka "Windows System Information Console Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• Information Disclosure
• CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-611

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation · 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, 1703, and Windows Server 2016

  • affected Microsoft Windows

References (4)

• 1038855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8557 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 99387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 99398 (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2017-8557](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2017-8557.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-8557)

Record last updated 17 Sept 2024, 01:51 UTC.