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CVE-2017-0057 — Microsoft Windows 10 security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.3

DNS client in Microsoft Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1; Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; and Windows Server 2016 fails to properly process DNS queries, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) convincing a workstation user to visit an untrusted webpage or (2) tricking a server into sending a DNS query to a malicious DNS server, aka "Windows DNS Query Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.3 (3.0)
Published
2017-03-17
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Affected products

  • microsoft / windows_10
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1511
  • microsoft / windows_10 / 1607
  • microsoft / windows_8.1
  • microsoft / windows_rt_8.1
  • microsoft / windows_server_2012 / r2

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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