CVE-2017-8562: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to Windows improperly handling calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC), aka "Windows ALPC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Affected products

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

Published 2017-07-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.