Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold,…

Description

Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode, install programs, view, change or delete data, and create new accounts with full user rights due to improperly handing objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• Elevation of Privilege

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation · Windows kernel

  • affected Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709

References (3)

• 1039782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 101729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11847 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2017-11847](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2017-11847.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-11847)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 23:01 UTC.