CVE-2017-0005

CVE-2017-0005 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 24, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 14, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0001, CVE-2017-0025, and CVE-2017-0047.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96033
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038002
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/03/27/detecting-and-mitigating-elevation-of-privilege-exploit-for-cve-2017-0005/
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0005
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96033
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038002
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/03/27/detecting-and-mitigating-elevation-of-privilege-exploit-for-cve-2017-0005/
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0005