Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Windows Error Reporting (WER)

CVE-2017-8702 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Windows Error Reporting (WER) in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality, due to the way that WER handles and executes files, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

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