An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows running on Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 fails to properly sanitize handles in memory, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-0165

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-9q7j-h8c8-7wrw

Published

May 13, 2022 1:39 AM

Last Modified

April 20, 2025 3:35 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 17, 2025 6:25 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.