Findings

CVE-2017-0210

Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Apr 12, 2017 · updated Jun 16, 2026 · microsoft internet explorer

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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Timeline

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  1. Apr 12, 2017 · Catalog

    Detected

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

  2. May 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jun 14, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA due date Jun 14, 2022

Affected

  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer10
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer11
  • vendor Microsoft Internet Explorerversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-0210

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-0210

    30-day exploitation probability 22.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2017-0210

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilit

    nvd.nist.gov

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