CVE-2017-8716

MEDIUM

Microsoft Windows 10 <1703 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Windows Control Flow Guard in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1703 allows an attacker to run a specially crafted application to bypass Control Flow Guard, due to the way that Control Flow Guard handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100802
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039325

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0233
EPSS Percentile 85.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_10 1703
Microsoft Corporation/Windows Control Flow Guard Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1703
Published Sep 13, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026