CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-8573

Improper Preservation of Permissions

Published: Jul 11, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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

Graphics in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka Microsoft Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8574 and CVE-2017-8556.

Weakness

The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_10 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1511 (including) 1511 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1607 (including) 1607 (including)
Windows_10 Microsoft 1703 (including) 1703 (including)
Windows_7 Microsoft * *
Windows_8.1 Microsoft * *
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2-sp1 (including) r2-sp1 (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 (including) r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft * *

References