CVE-2017-0189 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97420 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038239 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0189

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8