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CVE-2017-0189

Published: Apr 12, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft Corporation	Windows	affected `Windows 10`

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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0189

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