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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8689: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8689: Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/10/2017
Modified
09/11/2024

Description

The Microsoft Windows Kernel Mode Driver 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 it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8694.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4042895
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4041689
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4041691
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4041676
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4041687
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4041691
  • msft-kb4041678-45ea4c02-1f47-4865-a9a8-e3e12a123abd
  • msft-kb4041678-542b51ca-2e40-4c7c-b1f6-113dd3ad3fc2
  • msft-kb4041678-ab110ea9-218e-41f7-b51b-af6fba0a726f
  • msft-kb4041678-abc11d4b-adbb-47e6-af90-b9864891d46c
  • msft-kb4041678-cea9a334-2c33-4b56-ba35-b5a1b89793b2
  • msft-kb4041678-eb5e144d-d861-46b4-9fc4-251917ea63ad
  • msft-kb4041687-092e7af4-3dd9-4daf-b99f-27b776380751
  • msft-kb4041687-92b0c4d3-a90b-4879-ba50-5542e1183baf
  • msft-kb4042120-072f4183-ec62-4db3-ab4a-90f7e56873b4
  • msft-kb4042120-21e252dd-09f8-4726-8a99-a5b4683721fe
  • msft-kb4042120-5d6666c9-7ac9-4fb4-84e5-f163c82f9dba
  • msft-kb4042120-e6af118b-7390-431b-9c70-8fa5d0f28a4e

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