CVE-2017-8590 - Improper Preservation of Permissions

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way that the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver handles objects in memory, aka "Windows CLFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way that the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver handles objects in memory, aka "Windows CLFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 7 years ago

2017-07-11 21:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 10 1703

1703

Microsoft Windows RT 8.1

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

References

99427

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1038853

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8590

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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