CVE•Published 2017-06-15•Modified 2026-10-08•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2017-8529Microsoft · Internet_explorer

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 3% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Description

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 and R2 allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer when affected Microsoft scripting engines do not properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

Timeline

Published 2017-06-15

Modified 2026-10-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2017-8529

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Microsoft Internet Explorer" version:"11"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Internet Explorer"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Internet Explorer" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2017-8529