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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8702: Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8702: Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
08/07/2024

Description

Windows Error Reporting (WER) in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality, due to the way that WER handles and executes files, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4038781
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4038783
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4038782
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4038782

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