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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-0175

Severity Medium
Score 4.7/10

Summary

The Windows kernel in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows authenticated attackers to obtain sensitive information via a specially crafted document, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-0220, CVE-2017-0258, and CVE-2017-0259.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published