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CVE-2017-8565

Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1,…

High8.1EPSS 18.6%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
microsoft

Description

Windows PowerShell 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 a remote code execution vulnerability when PSObject wraps a CIM Instance, aka "Windows PowerShell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-8565, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
18.6% · top 2.7% 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: High 8.1.

Weakness

  • Remote Code Execution

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 Windows PowerShell

References (3)

Sources

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Record last updated .