CVE-2017-8468 — Improper Preservation of Permissions in Corporation Microsoft Windows

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions6 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
15
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows 8.1+12 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 15
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to run processes in an elevated context when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8465.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages15 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/windows_101511, 1607, 1703+2

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-46cf-cfhc-26c8: Microsoft Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-4q49-4c9q-84rg: Microsoft Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2017-06-13
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - June 2017↗2017-06-13
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