CVSS 3.0
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2017-8493
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".
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 73% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-178
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_server_2016