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CVE-2017-0005

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The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0001, CVE-2017-0025, and CVE-2017-0047.

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.2/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
Fresh EPSS: 11.02%: +0.06

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 4 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

TechTarget

Press · 22 Feb 2021, 08:00 · Chinese APT used stolen NSA exploit for years - TechTarget

Check Point Research

Press · 22 Feb 2021, 08:00 · The Story of Jian – How APT31 Stole and Used an Unknown Equation Group 0-Day - Check Point Research

Microsoft

Press · 27 Mar 2017, 07:00 · Detecting and mitigating elevation-of-privilege exploit for CVE-2017-0005 - Microsoft

TechTarget

Press · 14 Mar 2017, 07:00 · Nine critical Windows security bulletins in Patch Tuesday - TechTarget

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.2 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
sheri31/0005poc	1	0	C++	05 Nov 2019, 04:21

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 11.0%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:47.671864+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

14 Mar 2017, 07:00

Published

17 Mar 2017, 00:00

Latest press mention

22 Feb 2021, 08:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

24 May 2022, 00:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories