CVE-2017-0263

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-10), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 7.8 HIGH under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2017-0619 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 10%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
75
EG Risk 75/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
10%
EPSS %ILE
95th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 7.8 HIGH.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
10% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0263

Published

May 12, 2017

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Nov 2, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
Web page🟡 PoC Available

From CVE-2017-0263 To Windows Menu Manager - 小刀志

https://xiaodaozhi.com/exploit/117.html
Web page

Microsoft Windows Manager (7 x86) - Menu Management Component UAF Privilege Elevation - Windows_x86 local Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44478/
Microsoft

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0263
Web page

PSIRT.COM — Product Security Incident Response Team

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98258

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-0263(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 191× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,803 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,703 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 13:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 13:26 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-01 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  5. 2026-10-31 11:49 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-31 11:49 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-31 11:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  9. 2026-10-30 10:13 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-30 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  11. 2026-10-29 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  12. 2026-10-29 08:37 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-29 08:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  14. 2026-10-28 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  15. 2026-10-28 07:00 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-28 07:00 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-28 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  18. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  19. 2026-10-27 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-27 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  21. 2026-10-26 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  22. 2026-10-26 03:47 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-26 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  24. 2026-10-25 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-25 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-25 02:11 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-25 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  5. 2026-10-24 00:35 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-24 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  7. 2026-10-23 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  8. 2026-10-22 22:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-22 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  10. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  11. 2026-10-21 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-21 21:22 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-21 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  14. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  15. 2026-10-20 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-20 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  17. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  18. 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-19 18:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  21. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  22. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  25. 2026-10-18 10:43 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-17 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  27. 2026-10-17 14:55 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-17 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  29. 2026-10-16 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  30. 2026-10-16 13:19 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-16 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  32. 2026-10-15 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  33. 2026-10-15 11:42 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-15 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  35. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  36. 2026-10-14 10:05 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-14 10:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  38. 2026-10-13 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  39. 2026-10-13 08:27 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-13 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  41. 2026-10-12 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-10-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  43. 2026-10-12 06:51 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-12 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  45. 2026-10-12 02:39 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-12 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  47. 2026-10-11 22:26 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-10-11 22:26 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-11 22:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  50. 2026-10-11 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-10-11 18:15 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-10-11 18:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  53. 2026-10-11 13:59 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-10-11 13:59 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-11 13:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  56. 2026-10-11 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  57. 2026-10-11 09:46 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-11 09:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  59. 2026-10-11 05:35 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-10-11 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  61. 2026-10-11 01:22 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-11 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  63. 2026-10-10 21:09 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-10-10 21:09 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-10 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  66. 2026-10-10 19:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10% · 95th percentile
  67. 2026-10-10 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  68. 2026-10-10 12:39 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-10-10 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  70. 2026-10-10 08:28 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-10-10 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  72. 2026-10-10 04:16 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-10-10 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c264-rp8f-rf64 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  74. 2026-10-10 00:03 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-10-10 00:03 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-44478
    Published Mar 26, 2018

    Microsoft Windows Manager (7 x86) - Menu Management Component UAF Privilege Elevation

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2017-0263?
CVE-2017-0263 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on May 12, 2017. The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of…
When was CVE-2017-0263 made public?
CVE-2017-0263 was made public on May 9, 2017: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Microsoft Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on May 12, 2017. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 17, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2017-0263 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2017-0263 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 10, 2022, affecting Microsoft Win32k. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-0263?
CVE-2017-0263 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2017-0263?
CVE-2017-0263 affects Microsoft Win32k.
How do I remediate CVE-2017-0263?
A fix for CVE-2017-0263 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2017-0263 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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