CVE-2017-11842 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Corporation Windows Kernel

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure11 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
NVD4.7
EPSS
4.1%
top 11.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
22
Microsoft Corporation Windows KernelMicrosoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows Server+19 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Windows kernel in Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to log in and run a specially crafted application due to the Windows kernel improperly initializing a memory address, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11849, CVE-2017-11851, and CVE-2017-11853.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages21 packages

Patches

Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-8x96-fxrc-cpm9: Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-9rmw-m8v8-jw57: Windows kernel in Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-m6wj-4f26-hp4c: Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-6c7g-q6pq-c5f4: The Windows kernel component on Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability↗2017-11-14
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - November 2017↗2017-11-14
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