8.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-0283
Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Uniscribe 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, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Lync 2013 SP1, Skype for Business 2016, Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on Microsoft Windows allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8528.

INFO

Published Date :

June 15, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-0283 has a 3 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-2017-0283 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_server_2008
5 Microsoft windows_server_2012
6 Microsoft windows_server_2016
7 Microsoft office
8 Microsoft lync
9 Microsoft skype_for_business
10 Microsoft office_word_viewer
11 Microsoft silverlight
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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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Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
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Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 month, 1 week 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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Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
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Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-0283 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-0283 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.

  • 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 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1198 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/07/0patching-quick-brown-fox-of-cve-2017.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42234/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038675 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0283 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:skype_for_business:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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_8.1:rt:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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]

    Jun. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98920 [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-2017-0283 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

40.70 }} 6.08%

score

0.97160

percentile

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