Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could elevate from a low integrity level up to a medium integrity level.
Security updates
10.0.17763.9376 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126651
10.0.20348.5761 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126655
10.0.19044.7807 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126657
10.0.26100.33650 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126646
10.0.26200.9711 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127648
10.0.22631.7652 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126653
10.0.28000.3231 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5127646
10.0.14393.9612 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126868
6.2.9200.26434 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126835
6.3.9600.23470 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5126836
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-83704 Microsoft Windows Search Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83704
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss