CVE-2017-8566

7.0 highEPSS 1.0%

Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows Input Method Editor (IME) improperly handling parameters in a method of a DCOM class, aka "Windows IME Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.0 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 62% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2017-07-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:windows_10
microsoft:windows_server_2016

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99404
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038853
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8566
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99404
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038853

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