CVE-2017-8581 — Improper Preservation of Permissions in Microsoft Windows Server 2008

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions10 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
NVD7.0
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
14
Microsoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows Server 2012Msrc Windows 10+11 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8578, CVE-2017-8580, CVE-2017-8577, and CVE-2017-8467.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages13 packages

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-qccj-xj7j-4c25: Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-qqq3-xh7j-8r23: Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-vf4q-wm36-x79f: Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-ff7w-225p-jfc7: Win32k in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2017-07-11
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - July 2017↗2017-07-11
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