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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8675: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8675: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
09/11/2024

Description

The Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers 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 elevation of privilege vulnerability when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8720.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4038781
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4038783
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4038782
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4038788
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4038786
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4038793
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4038782
  • msft-kb4038779-1070c9d0-e91b-4bc4-b7b9-a64dd8e76951
  • msft-kb4038779-1f7d6ab2-b81a-4f48-859a-706a9990c78c
  • msft-kb4038779-3de7a78a-5b97-4df7-8bf6-36ebe20d3c75
  • msft-kb4038779-530b9069-0208-4eef-add4-da2b473e9ef8
  • msft-kb4038779-bb0be51a-f352-4d5f-b522-7d85d6e18585
  • msft-kb4038779-fcccb9ba-857f-484e-83be-fd0685a31efb
  • msft-kb4038786-2ac4d3a4-287f-4f33-bb61-b7b81245f55b
  • msft-kb4038786-793b7e3e-090e-472e-b275-b520b5832a77
  • msft-kb4038793-8c3d7238-564c-4ed3-ae6f-e3d9881f6f5f
  • msft-kb4038793-d97e9753-f904-44d9-87a2-35cbf248aef4
  • msft-kb4039384-01fdbbba-0a44-4250-947b-23500f80be96
  • msft-kb4039384-2ce7ed93-2244-43ed-afb7-f92c0122c5a8
  • msft-kb4039384-a616b2f4-a421-48cb-ab7c-eeb73f9ec042
  • msft-kb4039384-e2695aa7-d9ac-4fc4-b8c5-8dbb3c972a43

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