CVE-2017-8471 Information

Description

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 Windows Server 2012 and R2 Windows 10 Gold 1511 1607 and 1703 and Windows Server 2016 allow an authenticated attacker to run a specially crafted application when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory aka \Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8470 CVE-2017-8472 CVE-2017-8473 CVE-2017-8475 CVE-2017-8477 and CVE-2017-8484.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98849 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038659 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8471 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42224/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.0