CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-0005

Published: Mar 17, 2017 | Modified: Oct 22, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0001, CVE-2017-0025, and CVE-2017-0047.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_10_1507Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1511Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_10_1607Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_7Microsoft–sp1 (including)–sp1 (including)
Windows_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_rt_8.1Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008Microsoftr2-sp1 (including)r2-sp1 (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_server_2012Microsoftr2 (including)r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016Microsoft- (including)- (including)
Windows_vistaMicrosoft–sp2 (including)–sp2 (including)

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