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High · 7.3 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2017-0213 EUVD-2017-0579GHSA-6pc8-xvmj-x3wh

Windows COM Aggregate Marshaler in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R…

Published May 12, 2017 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by microsoft

Vendor: Microsoft Product: Windows COM Platform: Windows

Description

Windows COM Aggregate Marshaler 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, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation privilege vulnerability when an attacker runs a specially crafted application, aka "Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0214.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Windows COM 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, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016. —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 6 repositories

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