CVE-2017-0189

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

2%p80

Published

Apr 12, 2017 (Apr 12, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: microsoft
Products: windows 10, windows server 2016
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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