VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8590

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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".

Weakness classification

  • CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions

Primary references