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CVE-2017-0210: Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-24
• EPSS: 22.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 10, 11
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97512
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038238
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0210
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97512
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038238
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0210
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0210

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