CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It affects Microsoft, Windows.
CVE
CVE-2017-8561
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.84%
Microsoft Windows
Original NVD Description
Windows kernel in Microsoft 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 due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
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