CVE-2017-8552 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8552

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