CVE-2017-8473

MEDIUM

Microsoft Windows 10 - Information Disclosure

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Description

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 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-2017-8475, CVE-2017-8477, and CVE-2017-8484.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · c++doswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42226

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98852

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038659

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8473

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42226/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0

EPSS 0.0773

EPSS Percentile 91.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (13)

microsoft/windows_10

microsoft/windows_10

microsoft/windows_10

microsoft/windows_7

microsoft/windows_8.1

microsoft/windows_rt_8.1

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2012

... and 3 more

Published Jun 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026