THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-8475
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2017-8475

Windows 10 vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, 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-2017-8471, CVE-2017-8472, CVE-2017-8473, CVE-2017-8477, and CVE-2017-8484.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2017-06-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-8475

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 10 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-8475.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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