The Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 allows an attacker to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration, due to the way that the Microsoft Common Console Document (.msc) parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-8710

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-v2hx-p2cq-5wm5

Published

May 13, 2022 1:47 AM

Last Modified

May 13, 2022 1:47 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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