PT-2017-18500 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2016+7

Published 2017-09-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8733

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016

Description A spoofing issue exists due to the way Internet Explorer handles specific HTML content. This could allow an attacker to trick a user into believing they are visiting a legitimate website. The attacker could create a specially crafted website to either spoof content or use it as a pivot to chain an attack with other vulnerabilities in web services.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8733

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Windows 10

Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt 8.1

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2016

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8733 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8733 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8733 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100737 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039328 · Note