Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8716: Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/12/2017
07/25/2018
09/12/2017
06/10/2024
Description
Windows Control Flow Guard in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1703 allows an attacker to run a specially crafted application to bypass Control Flow Guard, due to the way that Control Flow Guard handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
Solution(s)
- microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4038788
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