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Microsoft DirectX CVE-2017-8579 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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Windows 10
Windows Server 2016

CVE References

CVE-2017-8579

Other References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8579
ID 36536
Created Jul 11, 2018
Description
Updated		 Dec 21, 2023
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Coverage FortiClient
OS Windows
Vendor Microsoft
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Application Windows 10 , Windows Server 2016