Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2017-0005

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6034

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0005

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper handling of objects in memory by Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI). A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

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• Exploit #2793 - WindowsExploitationResources (Resources pertaining to advanced Windows exploit development and semi-related topics) (June 2, 2020)

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS17-013

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows
• Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability