vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-8493: Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 13, 2017
Added
Jun 13, 2017
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to set variables that are either read-only or require authentication when Windows fails to enforce case sensitivity for certain variable checks, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4022727microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4022714microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4022715microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4022725microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4022717microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4022715msft-kb4022717-1d805e7c-215a-4c96-8b39-3829bd2e02d0msft-kb4022717-6abad12a-fc3f-4352-81f7-453e305f13ed
References
- BID-98850
- CVE-2017-8493
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8493
- CWE-178
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022714
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022715
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022717
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022725
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4022727
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