CVE-2017-8562 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2012/2016. This flaw stems from Windows improperly handling Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) requests. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high attack complexity. The attack vector is local, meaning an attacker would need local access to the system. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable. Despite limited community discussion and media coverage, the vulnerability was addressed in Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1511CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1607CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1703CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.