THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-11769
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-11769

Windows 10 vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
18.9%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The Microsoft Windows TRIE component on Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability in the way it handles loading dll files, aka "TRIE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2017-10-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 10 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-11769.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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