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Microsoft CVE-2017-8460: Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2017-8460: Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/13/2017
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a user opens a specially crafted PDF file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read memory in the context of the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to trick the user into opening the PDF file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows parses PDF files.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4022714-63569ab7-c77a-4436-a691-ad182bf54b54
  • msft-kb4022714-a6c6864b-39ee-4a25-8c19-fdf5df77f49c
  • msft-kb4022715-5628b4c3-1451-4233-a111-f48f4eecac09
  • msft-kb4022715-8436b0ac-13c3-4047-9c60-e1fdba6cf918
  • msft-kb4022715-96c2ded2-ca08-466e-8d52-1f28a54d49d5
  • msft-kb4022717-1d805e7c-215a-4c96-8b39-3829bd2e02d0
  • msft-kb4022717-6abad12a-fc3f-4352-81f7-453e305f13ed
  • msft-kb4022717-7b6c010d-36ea-4bb4-9d06-9e44c1235690
  • msft-kb4022718-185fb91c-8006-4eeb-81f1-611113a80509
  • msft-kb4022718-5cc34e54-998c-4120-ba8a-d528309738f8
  • msft-kb4022718-8f05b935-4c68-4218-92fe-a734d28cc5e9
  • msft-kb4022725-06b477db-a2d9-4ada-a693-acd91267e8b4
  • msft-kb4022725-3a4111b7-7238-4b2d-b744-9537b1c6cdfc
  • msft-kb4022727-378b3f68-8c1f-410f-b1ed-46c1608edf57
  • msft-kb4022727-7da82164-b5fd-4735-b187-087b2f0fd24f

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