CVE-2017-8460HighCVSS 3.3

Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
June 13, 2017
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-8460 →

📋 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a user opens a specially crafted PDF file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read memory in the context of the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to trick the user into opening the PDF file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows parses PDF files.

🎯 Affected products17

  • Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Windows RT 8.1
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4022725 (Security Update) KB4022727 (Security Update) KB4022714 (Security Update) KB4022715 (Security Update) KB4022726 (Monthly Rollup) KB4022717 (Security Only) KB4022724 (Monthly Rollup) KB4022718 (Security Only)

🔗 References (9)