CVE-2017-8493 — Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in Corporation Microsoft Windows

CWE-178 — Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
16
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows Server 2012+13 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 set variables that are either read-only or require authentication when Windows fails to enforce case sensitivity for certain variable checks, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages16 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/windows_101511, 1607, 1703+2
▶CVEListV5microsoft_corporation/microsoft_windowsMicrosoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016.

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-2rf7-87hx-xw66: Microsoft Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability↗2017-06-13
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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