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CVE-2017-0242

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated,...

5.5 Medium

CVE-2017-0242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 7, published May 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.94%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.5 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
7.94%EPSS, 94th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure 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
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

7.94%Up 1.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.5

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2017-0242
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2017-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0603No score

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Record
EUVD-2017-0603
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f632-54cw-cq5r5.5

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated,...

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way some ActiveX objects are instantiated, aka "Microsoft ActiveX Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Record
GHSA-f632-54cw-cq5r
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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