CVE-2017-8461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows RPC with Routing and Remote Access enabled in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows an attacker to execute code on a targeted RPC server which has Routing and Remote Access enabled via a specially crafted application, aka "Windows RPC Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08421.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Server 2003 Subscribe Windows Xp Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161672/Microsoft-Windows-RRAS-Service-MIBEntryGet-Overflow.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99012
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038701
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4024323/security-update-of-windows-xp-and-windows-server-2003

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.11786}`	epss `{'score': 0.12528}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-06-15T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:23.323Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8461

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-15T20:29:00.237

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8461

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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