CVE-2017-0164
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active...
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active Directory when an authenticated attacker sends malicious search queries, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active Directory when an authenticated attacker sends malicious search queries, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2017-0164- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active Directory when an authenticated attacker sends malicious search queries, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2017-0164- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0531 No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active Directory when an authenticated attacker sends malicious search queries, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2017-0531- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v9mj-gv7c-j2c8
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active...
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active Directory when an authenticated attacker sends malicious search queries, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-v9mj-gv7c-j2c8- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-0164 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Microsoft Windows 10, published April 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.90%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.