CVE-2017-8464
Microsoft — Microsoft Windows Shell (.lnk) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CISA KEV · in the CISA KEV catalog since 2022-02-10
What EVULNABLE says
Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.900.
Patch This Cycle
The priority band answers “how soon”, not “how bad” — see Methodology for what it weighs and where it abstains.
The evidence behind it
| Measure | Value | Source | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS base score | 8.8 | NVD | How severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. |
| FIRST EPSS | 0.900 (99.8th pctl) | FIRST | FIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. |
| Actively exploited | Confirmed | CISA KEV | Whether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown or none | CISA KEV | Whether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. |
| CISA remediation deadline | 2022-08-10 — KEV since 2022 · listed over a year | CISA KEV | The date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. |
| Public exploit module | Public module exists | Metasploit | Module existing is not the same as active exploitation. |
| EUVD cross-reference | Listed | ENISA EUVD | ENISA's own vulnerability database entry for this CVE, where one exists. |
Impacted software or hardware
- windows 10 1511 Operating system
- windows 10 1607 Operating system
- windows 10 1703 Operating system
- windows 7 Operating system
- windows 8.1 Operating system
- windows rt 8.1 Operating system
- windows server 2008 Operating system — r2
- windows server 2012 Operating system — r2
+1 more affected product — see the full list at NVD.
Remediation: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Remediation basis: CISA KEV required action
ENISA EUVD also lists this CVE at CVSS 8.8 (v3.1), assigned by microsoft. Source: euvd.enisa.europa.eu.
Metasploit lists the best-ranked (great) of 2 public modules for this CVE: LNK Code Execution Vulnerability (windows/fileformat/cve_2017_8464_lnk_rce) — module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.
What CISA says to do
The primary records
This page is an opinion about urgency. Where it and a source of record disagree, the source of record is the record.
Where this sits
CVE-2017-8464 is a Microsoft entry in the CISA KEV catalog. The priority feed ranks Microsoft's current monthly release rather than older Microsoft CVEs, so this one is not listed there; the page above scores it from the same sources.