Microsoft Windows Performance Monitor CVE-2017-0170 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Performance Monitor Console when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration.

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Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016

CVE References

CVE-2017-0170