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CVE-2017-0166

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-131

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when LDAP request buffer lengths are improperly calculated. In a remote attack scenario, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application to send malicious traffic to a Domain Controller, aka "LDAP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: 1511, 1607, 1703
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Corporation LDAP: Windows

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97446
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038245
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0166
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97446
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038245
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0166

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