CVE-2017-11831

Windows 10 vulnerability

CVSS

4.7

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to log on to an affected system, and run a specially crafted application that can compromise the user's system due to how the Windows kernel initializes memory, aka "Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11880.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 10

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2017-11-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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