DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016

CVE-2017-8579 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The DirectX component in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode via a specially crafted application, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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