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

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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
04/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/11/2017
Modified
08/07/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4015221
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4015219
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4015217
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4015583
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4015217

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