CVE-2017-8552

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
A kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 8 allows an elevation of privilege when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2017-0263.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8552
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-15T01:29:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-281 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/281.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8552 Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8552
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8552
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:53:05 2017-06-15T01:29Z 2017-06-15T01:29:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:53:05 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:53:05 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated