CVE-2017-8464
97.7
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .LNK file, which is not properly handled during icon display in Windows Explorer or any other application that parses the icon of the shortcut. aka "LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 90.02%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Feb 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- Not mapped
- Published
- 15 Jun 2017
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 8 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time