vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-0189: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 11, 2017
Added
Apr 11, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0188.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4015221microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4015219microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4015217microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4015583microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4015217
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