CVE-2017-8759
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to...
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to execute code remotely via a malicious document or application, aka ".NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to execute code remotely via a malicious document or application, aka ".NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2017-8759- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to execute code remotely via a malicious document or application, aka ".NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2017-8759- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17705
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to execute code remotely via a malicious document or application, aka ".NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2017-17705- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rc4w-p9f6-7c7q
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to...
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow an attacker to execute code remotely via a malicious document or application, aka ".NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-rc4w-p9f6-7c7q- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Microsoft .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft .NET Framework contains a remote code execution vulnerability when processing untrusted input that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.
- Record
CVE-2017-8759- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | BasuCert/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-13 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Windows .NET Framework - Remote Code Execution | 2017-09-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | Voulnet/CVE-2017-8759-Exploit-sample | 2017-09-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | nccgroup/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | vysecurity/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | bhdresh/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-14 |
| PoC in GitHub | homjxi0e/CVE-2017-8759_-SOAP_WSDL | 2017-09-14 |
| PoC in GitHub | JonasUliana/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | ashr/CVE-2017-8759-exploits | 2017-09-19 |
| PoC in GitHub | sythass/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-19 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | l0n3rs/CVE-2017-8759 | 2017-09-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | ChaitanyaHaritash/CVE-2017-8759 | 2018-12-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | smashinu/CVE-2017-8759Expoit | 2019-05-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | adeljck/CVE-2017-8759 | 2019-06-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | zhengkook/CVE-2017-8759 | 2020-01-02 |
| PoC in GitHub | GayashanM/OHTS | 2020-05-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | varunsaru/SNP | 2020-05-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8759 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft .net Framework, published September 13, 2017. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since November 3, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since November 3, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.