CVE-2017-8493Medium
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Microsoft Security Response Center
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Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
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Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an a…
CVSS
5.5
Medium
EPSS
0.01
p67
Published
2017-01-01
Updated
2017-01-01
Description
Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allow an attacker to set variables that are either read-only or require authentication when Windows fails to enforce case sensitivity for certain variable checks, aka "Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
Tags · CWE
CWE-178
CWE-178BaseIncomplete
Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
The product does not properly account for differences in case sensitivity when accessing or determining the properties of a resource, leading to inconsistent results.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/178.html →Open in CWE collection →Affected products
Windows_10Windows_8.1Windows_rt_8.1Windows_server_2012Windows_server_2016
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Timeline
2017-01-01
Published
2017-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: L
Local (L)
Attack Complexity
AC: L
Low (L)
Privileges Required
PR: L
Low (L)
User Interaction
UI: N
None (N)
Scope
S: U
Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality Impact
C: N
None (N)
Integrity Impact
I: H
High (H)
Availability Impact
A: N
None (N)
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.005 · p67
Known exploited (KEV)
No
Known exploits — Сканер-ВС
No Сканер-ВС checks registered for this vulnerability yet.
Affected software
| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| windows_10 | * | Tracked |
| windows_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_rt_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2012 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2016 | * | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
Source databases
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
The Security Update Guide is the source of truth for vulnerabilities in Microsoft products — KB article numbers, impacted builds and replacement patches. MSRC also assigns the MSRC-specific exploitability index used alongside CVSS.
Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →CVE
CVE
National Vulnerability Database
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data, built on top of the MITRE CVE list. Every record includes CPE applicability statements, CVSS v2 and v3.x base scores, CWE mappings and cross-references to advisories.
Region
US
Updates
15 min
License
Public Domain
Comprehensive catalog of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities with CPE matches, CVSS scoring and reference URLs. De-facto standard for cross-vendor correlation.
https://nvd.nist.gov →