Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-0263
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilit - [Actively Exploited]
Description

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft 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 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

May 12, 2017, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 24, 2024, 4:04 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Microsoft Win32k contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the Windows kernel-mode driver failing to properly handle objects in memory.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-0263 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-0263 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_7
3 Microsoft windows_8.1
4 Microsoft windows_rt_8.1
5 Microsoft windows_server_2008
6 Microsoft windows_server_2012
7 Microsoft windows_server_2016
8 Microsoft windows_10_1607
9 Microsoft windows_10_1507
10 Microsoft windows_10_1703
11 Microsoft windows_10_1511
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 11
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-0263.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038449 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0263 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44478/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://xiaodaozhi.com/exploit/117.html Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Cruxer8Mech/Idk

None

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.
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lnick2023/nicenice

None

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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Ostorlab/KEV

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 2 months ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.
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LegendSaber/exp

None

C++ C

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
4 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2022, 12:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.
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ycdxsb/WindowsPrivilegeEscalation

Collection of Windows Privilege Escalation (Analyse/PoC/Exp...)

Updated: 2 months ago
296 stars 59 fork 59 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 3:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.
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xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456

None

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.
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R06otMD5/cve-2017-0263-poc

poc for 0263

Updated: 5 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 7, 2019, 4:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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leeqwind/HolicPOC

POC and exploitation of vulnerabilities

C++

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
90 stars 40 fork 40 watcher
Born at : Jan. 31, 2018, 5:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
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qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

awesome cve poc

Updated: 2 months ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-0263 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-0263 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 24, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038449 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038449 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44478/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44478/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://xiaodaozhi.com/exploit/117.html No Types Assigned https://xiaodaozhi.com/exploit/117.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1511:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-416
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44478/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://xiaodaozhi.com/exploit/117.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038449 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0263 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0263 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-0263 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-0263 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

56.65 }} -2.22%

score

0.97760

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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