CVE-2017-8733 Other in Internet Explorer
Attackers can spoof legitimate websites in Internet Explorer by tricking users with specific HTML content, bypassing security indicators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8733?
CVE-2017-8733 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 13 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to trick a user into believing that the user was visiting a legitimate website, due to the way that Internet Explorer handles specific HTML content, aka "Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability".
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8733?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8733?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-8733 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8733 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g2jr-hcpp-33f4.