CVE-2017-8468: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 run processes in an elevated context when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8465.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version; version rt only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-06-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.