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CVE-2017-0176

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 45.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

A buffer overflow in Smart Card authentication code in gpkcsp.dll in Microsoft Windows XP through SP3 and Server 2003 through SP2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target computer, provided that the computer is joined in a Windows domain and has Remote Desktop Protocol connectivity (or Terminal Services) enabled.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98550
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98752
• https://blog.0patch.com/2017/06/a-quick-analysis-of-microsofts.html
• https://blog.fortinet.com/2017/05/11/deep-analysis-of-esteemaudit
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/04/14/protecting-customers-and-evaluating-risk/
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4022747/security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-server-2003
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98550
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98752
• https://blog.0patch.com/2017/06/a-quick-analysis-of-microsofts.html
• https://blog.fortinet.com/2017/05/11/deep-analysis-of-esteemaudit
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/04/14/protecting-customers-and-evaluating-risk/
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4022747/security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-server-2003

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