# CVE-2017-8566: Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows Input Method Editor (IME

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-11 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016.: version range not reported

## Description

Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows Input Method Editor (IME) improperly handling parameters in a method of a DCOM class, aka "Windows IME Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016., no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038853
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8566

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