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CVE-2017-8493

Published: Jun 15, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to set variables that are either read-only or require authentication when Windows fails to enforce case sensitivity for certain variable checks, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Windows

affected
Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016.

References

1038671
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
98850
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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