CVE-2017-8552

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-281

Description

A kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows XP x64 XP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 8 allows an elevation of privilege when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2017-0263.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8552
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8552

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