CVE-2017-8679 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Corporation Windows Kernel

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure10 documents4 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
NVD4.7
EPSS
6.2%
top 9.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
16
Microsoft Corporation Windows KernelMicrosoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows Server 2008+13 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The Windows kernel component on 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 information disclosure vulnerability when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8708, CVE-2017-8709, and CVE-2017-8719.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages15 packages

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-pvm3-mp56-6gwm: The Windows kernel component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-vjh7-4pq5-g5fg: The Windows kernel component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-3299-qp8q-4977: The Windows kernel component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-45pf-pj93-3wpv: The Windows kernel component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability↗2017-09-12
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2017↗2017-09-12
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