CVE-2017-8668: Microsoft Windows 7

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Volume Manager Extension Driver in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2 allows an attacker to run a specially crafted application and obtain kernel information, aka "Volume Manager Extension Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: any version; version r2 only

Published 2017-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.