7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-11856

Published: 15/11/2017 Updated: 23/05/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.6
VMScore: 677
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an malicious user to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11855.

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Recent Articles

It's 2017 – and your Windows PC can be forced to run malware-stuffed Excel macros
The Register • Shaun Nichols in San Francisco • 15 Nov 2017

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