CVE-2017-8668 Information disclosure in Volume Manager Driver
An attacker can run a specially crafted application to obtain kernel information from the Windows Volume Manager Extension Driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8668?
CVE-2017-8668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 8 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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".
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8668?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8668?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8668 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-8668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8668 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7
- CVE-2015-1635 Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-2360 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w927-2fmj-w74v.