Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2017-0210)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-05-24 · CVE-2017-0210
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information. CISA added CVE-2017-0210 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 24, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Jun 14, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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