CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-8552

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-06-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-06-15
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
Weaknesses
CWE-281

Description

A kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 8 allows an elevation of privilege when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2017-0263.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 7 • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows server 2008 r2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions weakness

References