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Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2017-8493

ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:40919Date: (C)2017-06-14   (M)2024-03-06
Class: VULNERABILITYFamily: windows




A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows fails to enforce case sensitivity for certain variable checks, which could allow an attacker to set variables that are either read-only or require authentication.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application to bypass Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) variable security in Windows.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting security feature behavior to enforce case sensitivity for certain variable checks.

Platform:
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Reference:
CVE-2017-8493
CVE    1
CVE-2017-8493
CPE    17
cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10
cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1511
cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:::x64
cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::x64
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