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CVE-2017-8566

Published: Jul 11, 2017

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

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Description

Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows Input Method Editor (IME) improperly handling parameters in a method of a DCOM class, aka "Windows IME Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Windows 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016.	affected `Microsoft Windows`

References

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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8566

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