CVE-2017-8715
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.67% (77th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Microsoft Device Guard on Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a security feature bypass by the way it handles Windows PowerShell sessions, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass".
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.4
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-287USLLM-inferred
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affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Microsoft Corporation Device Guard≤ Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016enisa_euvdEU
- microsoft windows server 2016all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039526cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8715cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101163cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101163enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039526enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8715enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101163Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039526Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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