CVE-2017-11899
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server,...
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a security feature bypass vulnerability due to the way untrusted files are handled, aka "Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a security feature bypass vulnerability due to the way untrusted files are handled, aka "Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-11899- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a security feature bypass vulnerability due to the way untrusted files are handled, aka "Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
- Record
CVE-2017-11899- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3492 No score
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a security feature bypass vulnerability due to the way untrusted files are handled, aka "Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
- Record
EUVD-2017-3492- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjx3-hgc4-c4pr
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server,...
Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a security feature bypass vulnerability due to the way untrusted files are handled, aka "Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
- Record
GHSA-pjx3-hgc4-c4pr- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - 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-2017-11899 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Microsoft Windows 10, published December 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.84%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.