CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0189
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0188.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• microsoft windows 10 1511
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1703
• microsoft windows server 2016
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97420 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038239 www.securitytracker.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0189 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97420 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038239 www.securitytracker.com
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0189 Patch, Vendor Advisory