CVE-2017-11855
HIGHMicrosoft Windows - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker 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-2017-11856.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43371
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.4926
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer
11
microsoft/internet_explorer
10
microsoft/internet_explorer
9
Microsoft Corporation/Internet Explorer
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows
Published
Nov 15, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026